United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 Chart Smart Seminar An Introduction to Compasses, Charts & Piloting Recommended Lesson Plan for Instructors and Quiz & Homework Answers (4 hour seminar)

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 Comments to Instructors The material used in Chart Smart was extracted from The Squadron Boating Course. The sequence of the chapters was changed to better suit the topic flow for Chart Smart. Use the CS Instructor Manual (IM) or, alternatively, The Squadron Boating Course Instructor Manual as the Instructor Manual for the seminar. Below are the sections in Chart Smart and the related chapter references in The Squadron Boating Course, 2001 Edition. Click here to review a softcopy of the: A hardcopy IM may also be ordered from USPS Headquarters. Chart Smart Chapter and TopicThe Squadron Boating Course 2Piloting—The Mariner’s CompassSection 9 3ChartsSection 5 4Aids to NavigationSection 6 5Piloting—Plotting a CourseSection 7 6Piloting—Distance, Speed, TimeSection 11 7Piloting—Determining PositionSection 13 Make sure you order enough plotters and dividers for your class. The students will need them for the class examples and for the homework. Chart Smart Instructor's Manual (pdf).

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 Overall Agenda  Class #1 (allow 30 minutes for each section) Section 2: Piloting - The Mariner's Compass Section 3: Charts (Class Exercise 1 – optional*) Section 4: Aids to Navigation (Class Exercise 2 – optional*) Section 5: Piloting  Class #2 (allow 30 minutes for each section, not including exercises or optional exam) Section 5: Piloting - Class Exercise 3 & Optional Exercise 4 Section 6: Piloting - Distance, Speed, Time Section 7: Piloting - Determining Position & Class Exercise 5 and 6 Optional Quiz * Note – class exercises are optional and depend upon the classes ability to accommodate the base material at the recommended pace; at a minimum, exercises #3, 5 & 6 should be covered (allow 20 minutes each).

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 Class #1 Agenda  Section 2: Piloting - The Mariner's Compass How a Compass Works Selecting a Compass Installing a Compass Compass Care The Compass Course Calculating a Steering Course

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 OPTIONAL - OPTIONAL Optional material for the Section 2 slide presentation SAMPLE - SHIP'S DEVIATION TABLE The deviation table is in a separate Chart Smart ppt file for portrait style slides. Note - this slide and all the examples using deviation are optional depending upon a squadron's desire to cover deviation. If used, a hard copy of the deviation table should be given to each student to facilitate the solving of the class examples #3 and #4. None of the homework utilizes deviation. Care should be used in introducing students to interpolation at this stage - see the note regarding interpolation on the Sample - Ship's Deviation Table; see example #4 with interpolation.

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 Class #1 Agenda - cont'd  Section 3: Charts Chart Scales What Charts Show Colors Used on Charts Hands on Class Exercise 1 (optional)

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 OPTIONAL - OPTIONAL Optional material for the Section 3 slide presentation Slides 4 & 5 have a small scale when displayed in landscape mode. The portrait styled slides 4 & 5 are in a separate Chart Smart ppt file for portrait style slides. Note - these slides are optional depending upon if OHTs are shown or an LCD projector is used and the presenter's desire to alternate between landscape and portrait styled charts.

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 Class #1 Agenda  Section 4: Aids to Navigation Marks Lateral System Non-Lateral System Ranges Hands on Class Exercise 2 (optional)  Section 5: Piloting Plotting & Labeling a Course

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 Class #2 Agenda  Section 5: Piloting Hands on Class Exercise 3 & Optional Exercise 4  Section 6: Piloting - Distance, Speed, Time The DST Formula Alternative Method  Section 7: Piloting - Determining Position DR, DR Track, DR Position Lines of Position Bearings, Fixes Class Exercise 5 (lead by instructor) Hands on Class Exercise 6 (by the students)  Optional Quiz

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 OPTIONAL - OPTIONAL Optional material for the Section 7 slide presentation The portrait styled slides to augment slide #3, Plotting A Course, are in a separate Chart Smart ppt file for portrait style slides. The intent of these slides is to have a full size version of slide #3 and to show an alternate plotter that students may already have. Note - these slides are optional depending upon if OHTs are shown or an LCD projector is used and the presenter's desire to alternate between landscape and portrait styled charts.

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 OPTIONAL - OPTIONAL Chart Smart Quiz  The Chart Smart quiz is an optional & informal test to be used at the squadron's discretion. The quiz will not be scored at "national" nor will the results of the quiz be maintained by USPS. The quiz, if used, should be scored in the final class session and the student should be informed of the results. The quiz can be used as a part of the overall learning process and scored in the same manner that the homework questions were handled. The quiz is provided in a separate Microsoft Word file (doc).

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 Quiz Answers

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 Homework Answers

United States Power Squadrons ® Chart Smart ® USPS ® America's Boating Club ® CS 2003 End Lesson Plan An Introduction to Compasses, Charts & Piloting Recommended Lesson Plan for Instructors