Activity Summary
Unit theme:Time (Introduction to VIP, John Harrison) Grade level(s): 5 Time to complete: one hour, forty minutes (may be split between two days or more)
Summary of activity:
Media and technology used by the TEACHER:
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Newspapers |
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(Digital) camera |
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Word Processor |
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Periodicals |
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Video camera |
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Spreadsheet |
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Books |
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Flatbed scanner |
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Database |
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Video/DVD |
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Slide projector |
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PowerPoint |
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CD/Cassette |
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Overhead projector |
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Web page editor |
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Audio file (MP3) |
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Search engine |
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e-mail |
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Bulletin board |
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Web browser |
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Educational software |
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Other materials to be used by the teacher (e.g. paper, glue, scissors):
You will have to use a copy machine to make copies of the article on longitude and latitude. A globe may be helpful in illustrating what longitude and latitude are.
Media and technology used by the STUDENTS to complete the
activity:
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Newspapers |
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(Digital) camera |
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Word Processor |
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Periodicals |
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Video camera |
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Spreadsheet |
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Books |
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Flatbed scanner |
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Database |
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X |
Video/DVD |
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Slide projector |
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PowerPoint |
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CD/Cassette |
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Overhead projector |
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Web page editor |
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Audio file (MP3) |
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Search engine |
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e-mail |
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Bulletin board |
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Web browser |
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Educational software |
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Other materials used by the students (e.g. paper, glue,
scissors):
Each student should have a copy of “Secrets of Ancient Navigators”
Step-by-step instructions for completing the activity:
1. Get online, print the “Secrets of Ancient Navigators”
from the PBS website on The Search for Longitude. The web address is www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude,
click on the link “Secrets of Ancient Navigators.
2. Make enough copies of the article for your entire
class.
3. Either have students work in groups or individually to
read the article.
4. Show students the video “The Search for Longitude” (if
the activity is being split into two days, have students view video on second
day and proceed to step five on day one)
5. Have students answer a set of questions about the
article and video. (ie, what are longitude and latitude, how are they important
to sea travel, what kept sailors from knowing longitude at sea, how did John
Harrison solve the longitude problem, etc.)
References used and sources of additional information:
www.PBS.org/wgbh/nova/longitude.