61. Finding Your Way With Map And Compass, FS03501 (March 2001) compass readings are also affected by the presence of iron and steel objects . Top Main Table of Contents geography Publications Eastern Region http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs03501.html

Finding Your Way with Map and Compass Fact Sheet 035-01 (March 2001) From Near to Far: Distance From Here to There: Determining Direction A Word of Caution For More Information Part of a 7.5-minute topographic map at 1:24,000 scale A topographic map tells you where things are and how to get to them, whether you're hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, or just interested in the world around you. These maps describe the shape of the land. They define and locate natural and manmade features like woodlands, waterways, important buildings, and bridges. They show the distance between any two places, and they also show the direction from one point to another. Distances and directions take a bit of figuring, but the topography and features of the land are easy to determine. The topography is shown by contours. These are imaginary lines that follow the ground surface at a constant elevation; they are usually printed in brown, in two thicknesses. The heavier lines are called index contours, and they are usually marked with numbers that give the height in feet or meters. The contour interval, a set difference in elevation between the brown lines, varies from map to map; its value is given in the margin of each map. Contour lines that are close together represent steep slopes. Natural and manmade features are represented by colored areas and by a set of standard symbols on all U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographic maps. Woodlands, for instance, are shown in a green tint; waterways, in blue. Buildings may be shown on the map as black squares or outlines. Recent changes in an area may be shown by a purple overprint. a road may be printed in red or black solid or dashed lines, depending on its size and surface. A list of symbols is available from the

62. Natural Selection - Browse Resetting the compass Australia s Journey Towards Sustainability Updated This is a book to be read and used by geography teachers to reinforce their http://www.publish.csiro.au/naturalselection/nid/18/pid/2418.htm

appPath = "http://www.publish.csiro.au/naturalselection"; Advanced Search Home New Titles CSIRO PUBLISHING ... Help Natural Selection Alert Subscribe to the Natural Selection Alert for news on the latest Natural Selection titles. Resetting the Compass Australia's Journey Towards Sustainability Updated Edition David Yencken Debra Wilkinson Illustrations 416 pages Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING Download - ISBN: 0643091734 - FREE Description Contents Sample Reviews ... Related Categories Description Winner of the Australian Geography Teacher's Association 2002 Award in the "Geography teaching source material" category . Resetting the Compass: Australia's Journey Towards Sustainability Updated Edition sets out Australia's environmental problems in their global context and explains what is now needed to fix them. It also illustrates how ecological sustainability can be achieved together with economic, social and cultural sustainability. The book examines the pressures on our environment from population growth, consumption patterns and technological change. The specific actions needed to deal with each of the problems identified are described in detail. This Updated Edition includes: New assessments from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

63. Landlinks - Landlinks Resetting the compass This is a book to be read and used by geography teachersto reinforce their critical role as educators – leaders in taking the http://www.landlinks.com/nid/18/pid/2418.htm

appPath = "http://www.landlinks.csiro.au"; All Content Magazine Articles Advanced Search Home Forthcoming Releases Landlinks Press ... Help Early Alert Subscribe to the Landlinks Alert for news on the latest titles or to receive Landlinks catalogues. Landlinks brings together books and articles focusing on sustainable agriculture, the environment and natural resource management. Browse our books catalogue or search for books and articles by keyword. Articles included in our content are from CSIRO´s ECOS magazine. Landlinks titles are distributed by CSIRO PUBLISHING Managing Horses on Small Properties A comprehensive guide to the management of horses and land for owners of small properties. More Environmental Weeds Details over 175 environmental weeds in South-Eastern Australia including emerging and potential weed species. More Farming Meat Goats A comprehensive producer's guide to the breeding, husbandry and marketing of goats for meat. More Woodlands Discover the often-overlooked beauty of Australia's woodlands and native plants and animals they support. More View this month's sale items for online orders.

64. All About Magnetic Declination - RecipeLand.com Reference Library The geographic poles are defined by astronomical observations, the declinationneeds to be added to the compass reading that a landmark lies along, http://www.recipeland.com/encyclopaedia/index.php/Magnetic_declination

Home Browse Recipes Recipes By Title Recipes By Ingredient ... Community Find Recipes By Category Latest Reviews Latest Ratings Top 10 Recipes ... Top 10 Searches By Letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Search Encylopedia Browse Culture Geography History Life ... Technology Magnetic declination Categories Navigation Magnetism Physical quantity The magnetic declination (or magnetic variation ) at any point on the earth is an angle that must be added or subtracted in converting between two kinds of directional information: the direction of the needle on a magnetic compass located there, and the direction of the earth's lines of longitude For points in the Northern Hemisphere , these are usually described as magnetic north and true north respectively. (In the Southern Hemisphere , visualizing the underlying physics and the practical calculations would be clearer with magnetic south and true south substituted.) Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 "True" directions 2 Where compasses point 3 Theory 3.1 Change of declination in time and space ... 4.2 Non-adjustable compasses "True" directions True north and south are of course the local directions to the respective geographic poles. (More precisely, these are

65. Geography Jokes QWhat do geographers grow in their gardens? ACompass roses. Ivan awfulheadache after reading all these jokes on the geographical jokes page! http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/geography/resources/fun/jokes.html

The Geography Joke Page A collection of jokes and silly sayings from around the classroom and the Internet. If you know anymore send them to us and, if they are bad enough, we'll add them to the page! Sayings "Old geographers never die, they just lose their bearings." "Old geographers never die, they just become legends ." "Old geologists never die, they just petrify." "Old geologists never die, they just get stoned." "Geologists aren't perfect, they have their faults." "Geologists don't dislike classical music, they just prefer rock. " Jokes Q: How can you tell that compasses and scales are intelligent? A: Because they're all graduated. Q: Why didn't the map grids go to the punk disco? A: Because they were all squares. Q: What's big, white, furry and always points North? A: A Polar Bearing. Q: What do geographers grow in their gardens? A: Compass roses. Q: What do an astrologist and a cartographer have in common?

66. Geography Jokes QWhat do geographers grow in their gardens? ACompass roses Ivan awfulheadache after reading all these jokes on the geographical jokes page! http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/education/geog/jokes.html

T he G eography J oke P age A collection of jokes and sillies from around the classroom and the internet. If you know anymore send them to us S ayings Old geographers never die, they just lose their bearings. Old geographers never die, they just become legends Old geologists never die, they just petrify. Old geologists never die, they just get stoned. Geologists aren't perfect; they have their faults. J okes Q: How can you tell that compasses and scales are inteligent? A: Because they're all graduated. Q: Why didn't the map grids go to the punk disco? A: Because they were all squares. Q: What's big, white, furry and always points North? A: A Polar Bearing Q: What do geographers grow in their gardens? A: Compass roses Q: What do an astrologist and a cartographer have in common? A: They both specialise in projections Q: Why does the Bogie Man know all the map symbols? A: Because he's a legend Q: Why is it easy to get into Florida? A: Because there are so many keys Q: Why can fish measure distances so well? A: Because they have their own scales Q: Which has the higher IQ, latitude or longitude?

67. GeoPoem Id compass banner less plans.gif (4334 bytes). GeoPoem geography StandardsCould encompass most of the standards. Skills http://education.boisestate.edu/compass/Facultyroom/LessonvaultAIG/GeoPoem.htm

GeoPoem Subject: Language Arts/Geography Grade: Presented by: Dr. Joyce Honeychurch, University of Alaska-Anchorage Geography Themes: Regions, place, movement, location, and human interaction. Geography Standards: Could encompass most of the standards. Skills: Brainstorming, concept mapping, organizing, synthesizing, writing, researching, presentation, reading, listening. Objectives: Students will: Gain an awareness and understanding of a variety of geographic locations and their geographic characteristics. . Gain an awareness of the connection between geography and literature. Compose a GeoPoem based on the information they have learned. Apply their technological skills to research and present information. Method: With cooperative learning groups or with a partner, students will brainstorm about the geographic characteristics of several places and construct a graphic organizer. The information in the graphic organizer will then be used to compose a GeoPoem, a poem about geography. Materials: Paper, pen or pencil, maps, atlases, globes, Internet access, National Geographic journals, travel magazines, books, social studies textbook.

68. BLM- EE&V Feature Of The Month We are a seventhgrade team of geography students at Will James Middle School For courses and distances, Clark relied mainly on his compass readings, http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2000/mt/

Bureau of Land Management Environmental Education Homepage Feature of the Month The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Seventh-Graders' Perspectives on Mapping (Written by a team of Will James Middle School Seventh-Graders, with Assistance from the BLM-Montana/Dakotas Office) Hello! We are a seventh-grade team of geography students at Will James Middle School in Billings, Montana. We set out to investigate the mapping tools and methods of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and compare these with present-day mapmaking. We learned a lot about 1803 "state-of-the-art" navigation and how imagination and intuition carved a part of our Montana history. We hope you will enjoy reading about our discoveries. Student Drawing of Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Imagine going on an expedition with two leaders, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Our mission is to map a vast, unknown land with tools that are state-of-the-art, using instruments such as a sextant, octant, compass, and a log line. This exploring mission will encompass all of the land west of the Mississippi to the mouth of the Columbia River at the Pacific Ocean, and will take approximately four years to complete. Imagination drives exploration, which is exactly what initiated the Lewis & Clark Expedition. President Thomas Jefferson expressed just such imaginative interest in his letter of instruction to Meriwether Lewis on June 20, 1803: "The interesting points of the portage between the heads of the Missouri, and of the water offering the best communication with the Pacific Ocean, should be fixed by observation, and the course of that water to the ocean. Your observations are to be taken with great pains and accuracy for others to comprehend . . ."

69. Geography Of Mystery Fiction Jose Luis Borges, Death and the compass Read Tuan, Demko (b). Jan 13,Tuesday geography Defined (with examples) the Spatial Diffusion of the http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gjdemko/geog7.htm

Geography 7 - First Year Seminar Prof. G.J. Demko Dartmouth College Landscapes of Murder: The Geography of Mystery Fiction The mystery or detective story is one of the most popular, rapidly changing, and demeaned of all literary genres. Its modern origin is Edgar Allan Poeàs "Murders in the Rue Morgue", published in 1844. This unique type of literature rapidly spread to Europe and to every country and culture on the globe, taking on different forms and perspectives in different societies. The mystery is a literary form of particular interest to the social and physical scientist. For the social scientist (read human geographer!) a crime is an intrusion in an orderly society - a real setting and in environments and cultures peculiar to a place . Each society, culture, class, and governmental organization has its own manner of dealing with crime and criminals (and even of defining a "crime"!). The crime is committed in a particular physical environment or landscape that defines the physical context of the story. In short, every mystery has a "geography" that, depending on the skill of the writer, provides the stage for the action and often plays a critical role in the plot or solution of the story. As Eudora Welty notes, "fiction depends for its life on place" *. This seminar is focused on the roles place or geography plays in the mystery.

70. Map Reading And Land Navigation In Urban Areas Using compass, GPS, Sun, Shadows, and Stars in Land Navigation 9. Units ofMeasure and Conversion Factors Used in reading Topographic Maps http://www.map-reading.com/ch13-5.php

Part One Map Reading 1. HOME 2. Maps 3. Marginal Information and Symbols 4. Grids 5. Scale and Distance 6. Direction 7. Overlays 8. Aerial Photographs Part Two Land Navigation 9. Navigation Equipment and Methods 10. Elevation and Relief 11. Terrain Association 12. Mounted Land Navigation 13. Navigation in Different Types of Terrain A. Field Sketching B. Map Folding Techniques C. Units of Measure and Conversion Factors D. Joint Operations Graphics E. Exportable Training Material F. Orienteering G. M2 Compass H. Additional Aids (GPS, Night Vision) J. Global Positioning System - GPs Outdoor Gear Store LINKS LINK To Us 13-5. URBAN AREAS The world continues to become more urbanized each year; therefore, it is unlikely that all fighting will be done in rural settings. Major urban areas represent the power and wealth of a particular country in the form of industrial bases, transportation complexes, economic institutions, and political and cultural centers. Therefore, it may be necessary to secure and neutralize them. When navigating in urban places, it is man-made features, such as roads, railroads, bridges, and buildings that become important, while terrain and vegetation become less useful. a.

71. Maps2 It’s a funny story about how the boy can’t read the map so they get lost. Use the compass to teach the children how to use it with a map. http://www.acu.edu/~armstrongl/geography/maps2.htm

72. Delta Education Geography -  ¼" Diameter Compass Diameter compass Grades 3 6 Content Standard B, K-4, 5-8 Arrange these compassesaround magnets and the compass needles will align with the magnetic field http://www.delta-education.com/productdetail.aspx?Collection=N&prodID=1841&menuI

73. TeacherSource . Recommended Links . Social Studies | PBS Use the compass rose on this site to navigate through these map topics Upper elementary students will enjoy playing the online geography game Geonet. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/recommended/social_studies/lk_geography.shtm

search options Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Recommended Links Archived Recommendations Geography African Voices This Smithsonian site lets visitors explore Africa's diversity and history, listen to Africans talk about their lives and cultures, and discover their connections to Africa. A gallery of Yoruba carving includes examples of doors and posts, plaques, and figures. Meet the artist and follow the steps in carving a figure. All About Maps Use the compass rose on this site to navigate through these map topics: cartography, how maps work, topographic maps, and historical maps. Topics include mental maps, different map projections and orienteering. The orienteering and some map reading skills are for advanced elementary or secondary students. Cool activities include browsing through the interactive timeline of map making and the Topographic Trek. PDF, Shockwave, and RealPlayer are required for portions of the site. This site provides more sophisticated material than first appears. Antarctic Philately This site is dedicated to the stamps, postal history and more than twenty heroic explorers of the Polar Regions and their surrounding islands. Read about Operation Highjump, a mission to train naval personnel and to test ships, planes and equipment under frigid zone conditions. Don't miss the compelling Antarctic Mayday about the crash of one plane from Operation Highjump and the thirteen-day ordeal of the survivors. At the Tomb of Tutankhahmen Visit the tomb of Tutankhahmen with National Geographic writer Maynard Owen Williams as you read his journal entries and correspondence from 1923. His letters are blunt about his treatment by Lord Carnarvon, who excavated the tomb. Given what we now know of Tutankhahmen's tomb, this eyewitness account gives a different view of what scientific journalism and excavation reporting was like at the time.

74. Other Geography Topics - EnchantedLearning.com Other geography Topics A collection of geography pages, printouts, and activities Color the map, read compass directions, estimate distance, and read http://www.allaboutspace.com/geography/misc/

EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. As a bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. Click here to learn more. (Already a member? Click here. EnchantedLearning.com GEOGRAPHY Flags Africa Antarctica Asia Australia/Oceania ... Rivers Other Geography Topics Compass Directions in English A Label Me! Printout Label the compass directions in English. Answers Compass Directions in French A Label Me! Printout Label the compass directions in French. Answers Compass Directions in German A Label Me! Printout Label the compass directions in German. Answers Compass Directions in Italian A Label Me! Printout Label the compass directions in Italian. Answers Compass Directions in Spanish A Label Me! Printout Label the compass directions in Spanish. Answers Compass Rose Printout A compass rose is a design on a map that shows direction. Fill in the directions on this compass rose printout. Continental Drift See how and why the continents are slowly changing their position and shape. Continents and Oceans Quiz Print out this quiz and learn about the 4 oceans and 7 continents on Earth.

75. Evan-Moor Educational Publishers - Take It To Your Seat Geography Centers, Grade Students spend quality, independent practice time reading and using a variety ofmaps. They also practice using globes, grids, and the tools of geography. http://www.evan-moor.com/catalog/book.asp?CID=9&SID=220&BID=636

76. Home - Hilary Magaro Use virtual fridge magnets to correctly spell these geography words. Read theproblem, and use your compass to figure out which way you need to go. http://classrooms.wssd.k12.pa.us/webpages/HMagaro/index.cfm?subpage=9166

77. Department Of Geography Be sure to read the College of Geosciences section to familiarize yourself More information about the compass math test and sample test items can be http://geography.ou.edu/transfers.php

Home Academics Administration Research ... Admin Academics Highlights Geography Calendar Student Resources GeoMail NWC Webcam Quicklinks Faculty Database Student Advising College Calendar OU Search ... OU Home Transfer Student Information Degree Program Information and Regulations The answers to many of your questions regarding admission, enrollment, registration, academic standards, course descriptions, and graduation can be found in The University of Oklahoma General Catalog. This publication is made available to all first-time entering students at OU when they are admitted. It can also be purchased at University bookstores or viewed on-line at www.ou.edu/bulletins. Be sure to read the College of Geosciences section to familiarize yourself with our programs, policies, and procedures. Curriculum sheets for the College of Geosciences degree programs can be obtained in the Dean's Office (SEC 710). They are also online through the College of Geosciences web page at geosciences.ou.edu. Click on "Student Information" then "Degree Requirements." The curriculum sheet for your major shows what coursework is required in order to complete your degree. You should study the curriculum sheet and use it in making a plan of study that will successfully lead you to graduation. Another important document you should become familiar with is your Advisement and Degree Audit (A/DA) form. A current copy of it is kept in your student records file in the Dean's Office. The A/DA shows what degree requirements for your major you have fulfilled through previous college coursework and your coursework at OU, and it indicates specific requirements that are remaining in order to graduate.

78. Enerdyne | Playthinks | Geography | Brunton Compasses-watersports Nexus Marine C home playthinks geography product detail. Brunton compasseswatersportsNexus Marine compass. Brunton compasses-watersports Nexus Marine compass http://www.enerdynet.com/cgi-bin/product/search.cgi?db=product&uid=default&ww=on

79. Enerdyne | Playthinks | Geography | Brunton Compasses-watersports Nexus Dash Mou Brunton compasseswatersports Nexus Dash Mount compass 5° graduations * Directreading disk * Dash/surface mount Size 4.8 x 4.8 x 2.8 ( 85R) http://www.enerdynet.com/cgi-bin/product/search.cgi?db=product&uid=default&ww=on

80. Government Of Saskatchewan - Global Positioning Systems global positioning systems (GPS), and compass reading and communication Application of geographical information systems (GIS) and global positioning http://www.gov.sk.ca/topics/keyword/keyword?topic=science-technology&keyword=124

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