Tools of Navigation: A Kid's Guide to the History & Science of Finding Your Way

by Rachel Dickinson

Book Overview

Children will learn all about inventions: their inventors, the way they changed history, and their evolution over centuries, through the activities and anecdotes provided in this interactive series.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974934402
• ISBN13: 9780974934402
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Nomad Press (VT)
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Superb text to introduce kids to navigation for boating and orienteering

I am a U.S. Navy Officer and avid offshore sailor, and wanted a book to get my young kids as excited about navigation as I am. This book exceeded all of my expectations. I have even used some of the references and historical facts found in the book as a reference for navigation training on my ship!

Buy it now!!

This book is wonderful. It makes navigation easy to understand. There are tons of interesting facts and little biographies. The experiments are easy to do and very appropriate.

Engaging and entertaining

I thoroughly enjoyed this book - and learned quite a few new things, even though I've been out of school for years. The author really knows how to present informative material in a fun and interesting way. It is obvious that the author did a lot of research and put a lot of time into this book. There are lots of fun facts and surprising bits of trivia - plus, the projects and activities are wonderful, and really get kids' imaginations working.

Glad I found my way to this book

Navigation is a complex topic. Presenting the history of navigation in a way that children can understand is a daunting task, but Tools of Navigation pulls it off. I can see this book being used by homeschoolers and school kids as the resource for a year long study, but each chapter would stand on its own for any interested student. A nice thing about this book is how many of the activities take place outdoors: traveling by compass, mapping your backyard, and, our favorite, geocaching. It also breaks down map reading to make it easy for kids to learn. I look forward to teaching this section to my two kids so that I'll have a couple of navigators in the backseat during car rides!