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

Dickinson, Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974934402 ISBN 13: 9780974934402

Publisher: Nomad Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

Travel through the past and into the future to explore the history of human navigation, from the crude maps of early explorers to the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) of today. This guide to learning about geography, trade routes over land and sea, and navigational tools and people who used them, is supplemented with 15 hands-on projects and educational activities to expand world view and build navigational confidence.

About this title

About the Author

Rachel Dickinson is a travel, nature, and science writer whose articles have been published in Audubon, The Christian Science Monitor, National Geographic Traveler, and USA Weekend. She is the author of Tools of the Ancient Romans, Tools of Navigation and The Witch's Handbook. She lives in Freeville, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nomad Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974934402
• ISBN 13: 9780974934402
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156