Piloting/Dead Reckoning Project:
Step 1:
Watch this video (click here) on piloting and dead reckoning and answer the questions below in your performance task.
1. What resources did pilots use to navigate before radio and satellite navigation?
2. What skills must pilots nowadays even though more advanced technology such as radio and satellite exist?
3. Why must pilots nowadays know how to know their position without advanced techniques?
4. Give an example of how you use piloting in every day life.
5. What would pilots use as visuals to navigate using the piloting technique?
6. Describe what weather conditions must be appropriate when using the piloting technique.
7. True of False: While piloting it is important that the landmarks you pick out are close enough together so that you don't fall off course.
8. What does dead reckoning provide to navigation?
9. What are the bonuses of using dead reckoning?
10. What does dead reckoning tell a pilot that piloting doesn't?
11. What factors are necessary to estimate your time of arrival while implementing the dead reckoning technique?
12. In addition to letting pilots know the arrival time at checkpoint, what else can it tell you? Give three advantages.
A. One advantage
B. Two advantage
C. Three advantage
Step 2: Read the text below and then answer the questions below in your performance task.
Watch this video (click here) on piloting and dead reckoning and answer the questions below in your performance task.
1. What resources did pilots use to navigate before radio and satellite navigation?
2. What skills must pilots nowadays even though more advanced technology such as radio and satellite exist?
3. Why must pilots nowadays know how to know their position without advanced techniques?
4. Give an example of how you use piloting in every day life.
5. What would pilots use as visuals to navigate using the piloting technique?
6. Describe what weather conditions must be appropriate when using the piloting technique.
7. True of False: While piloting it is important that the landmarks you pick out are close enough together so that you don't fall off course.
8. What does dead reckoning provide to navigation?
9. What are the bonuses of using dead reckoning?
10. What does dead reckoning tell a pilot that piloting doesn't?
11. What factors are necessary to estimate your time of arrival while implementing the dead reckoning technique?
12. In addition to letting pilots know the arrival time at checkpoint, what else can it tell you? Give three advantages.
A. One advantage
B. Two advantage
C. Three advantage
Step 2: Read the text below and then answer the questions below in your performance task.
1. Dead reckoning is a form of _________.
2. Dead reckoning needs the following to navigate:
A. _______________
B. _______________
C. _______________
D. _______________
E. _______________
F. _______________
3. In ancient times, distance traveled was calculated by counting how long it took a _______ to pass the ship's front to back.
4. Both __________ and __________ currents can move the ship off course.
5. Using the compass picture at the top, draw a vector that would represent a boat traveling west. Upload picture in performance task.
6. Using the compass picture at the top, draw a vector that would represent a boat traveling southwest. Upload picture in performance task.
Step 3: Obtain a Dead Reckoning template from the teacher or print out your own copy (click here). Read the information below to help you complete Part 1, 2, and 3. The teacher will demonstrate Part 1. Don't forget to answer the fill in the blank questions. Once finished, take a picture of each page and upload in performance task. Shrink down to a reasonable size.