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Overview Reading Summary Activity Navigation Using Stars Star Compass Mau Piailug Star Compass Video: The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific Activity
Reading Summary Voyaging Canoes Steering by the Stars Keeping course by sun, swell and wind
Navigation Using Stars Living art Time sensitive Number of stars Course of development
Mau Piailug 1932-2010 “The last keeper of ancient art” Navigated Hōkūle‘a in 1976
Star Compass
Star Compass Conceptional 32 points (Wind compass in Cook) Rising and setting points (direction in which winds originate)
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxgUjyqN7FU
Activity Pick a destination and state your reason for that. Form a crew and include details about crew size, supplies to carry on board, and ship type Start your sail from Fiji to your destination. Stop at other Islands if you like! Tell us how will you navigate using only the map and the compass (how will you determine the direction according to which star)
“Everything you need to guide you is in the ocean, but you need to be skilled enough to see it.” ——Finney & Low
Great Resources http://www.exploratorium.edu/neverlost/
Citations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Piailug https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=& esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact= 8&ved=0ahUKEwj- 16ShvefLAhWMFR4KHWe_BhAQ5TUICQ&url=h ttp%3A%2F%2Fresources.bishopmuseumeduc ation.org%2Fresource_type%2Flesson%2FLM_ Hawaiian_Star_Compass.pdf&psig=AFQjCNG 3rRBW4bSYs_CIr- dbZx_x756cKg&ust=1459391449705368
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