Navigating at the Speed of Satellites
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- Author:
- Janet Yowell, Jeff White, Malinda Schaefer Zarske, Matt Lippis, Penny Axelrad
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Institution Name:
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- Collection:
- TeachEngineering
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary
- Abstract:
For thousands of years, navigators have looked to the sky for direction. Today, celestial navigation has simply switched from using natural objects to human-created satellites. A constellation of satellites, called the Global Positioning System, and hand-held receivers allow for very accurate navigation. In this lesson, students investigate the fundamental concepts of GPS technology trilateration and using the speed of light to calculate distances.
- Languages:
- English
- Material Type:
- Activities and Labs, Lesson Plans
- Media Format:
- Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML
- Conditions of Use:
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Resources may be used on a nonprofit, non-commercial basis by educators, without any fee or cost to access, link to and use, or in any manner alter, revise, copy, edit, translate or digitize. - Copyright Holder:
- College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
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