GPS is highly motivating for students! GPS units- resources for learning how to use a GPS unit.
GPS units help measure exact location on the Earth's surface as well as direction of travel, rate of travel and other information! .
GPS Basics!
Find your longitude- a NOVA webpage with interactive lessons on longitude. |
What is a GPS device and how does it work? Trimble Communications developed with educational web site |
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Types of Hand Held GPS receivers- an REI page where you can explore the many types and ranges of GPS units. |
GPS & GIS in the classroom- list of links to resources |
GPS: The new navigation |
Princeton University Map Reading Skills page |
Determining Coordinate Positions and Distances With a GPS Handheld Receiver |
How Stuff Works- the GPS- this site has pop-up ads and many other advertisements on its pages |
How GPS works with public transportation tracking |
| Curriculum Connections! learn more. Check out our web site for links to many of the other resources available to educators world-wide. |
Earth CachingEarth Caches are geologically important locations found world wide. Find out why that place is important scientifically or what that site can tell us about our planet. |