Lessons in Navigation for Middle School Students

M.S. Zarske, P. Axelrad, J.L. Yowell, J. Sullivan

Abstract:	The Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation sponsored the University of Colorado's Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITL) Program to develop a set of navigation-based educational materials geared to middle school students. The purpose of the project is to foster interest in navigation, and to encourage the development of the next generation of members of the navigation community. To that end, we developed ten standards-based navigation lessons with associated, age-appropriate hands-on activities and many other applicable tools for educators and students. The development of these navigation lessons is part of a larger K-12 engineering curriculum development initiative currently underway by the ITL outreach program. This paper describes the guiding principles of our curriculum development and summarizes the content of the navigation lessons.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS/GNSS 2003) September 9 - 12, 2003 Oregon Convention Center Portland, OR
Pages:	417 - 424
Cite this article:	Zarske, M.S., Axelrad, P., Yowell, J.L., Sullivan, J., "Lessons in Navigation for Middle School Students," Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS/GNSS 2003), Portland, OR, September 2003, pp. 417-424.
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