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How to Go Anywhere (and Not Get Lost)
- Author
- Hans Aschim
- Narrator
- Michael Currin
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio for Young Listeners
- Publish Date
- 30 March 2021
- Run Time
- 3 hours 18 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Get outside with this interactive boom that shows how explorers have found their way around the planet for thousands of years. Read about the ancient Polynesians who tracked the stars and waves to sail precise paths through the ocean. Or the Age of European Exploration navigators who use compasses and dead reckoning to reach the New World. And learn the science behind radar and modern-day GPS satellites. Then discover how to do it yourself!
Up your adventure game and learn to:
—Find north and south by reading the trees
—Make a simple compass
—Use the stars to tell time
—Build a basic sextant
—Get your bearings using the sun
—Go treasure hunting with GPS
Critics Review
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"An ideal resource to integrate geography, history, and STEM." —Booklist
"A nice addition to school collections where geography and human movement are studied.” —School Library Journal
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Details
- Author
- Hans Aschim
- Narrator
- Michael Currin
- Duration
- 3 hours 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 March 2021
- ISBN
- 9781649040183
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio for Young Listeners
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Adventurers and outlaws, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Sports and outdoor recreation, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Machines and how things work
Synopsis
Born To Explore Get outside with this interactive boom that shows how explorers have found their way around the planet for thousands of years. Read about the ancient Polynesians who tracked the stars and waves  to sail precise paths through the ocean. Or the Age of European Exploration navigators who use compasses and dead reckoning to reach the New World. And learn the science behind radar and modern-day GPS satellites. Then discover how to do it yourself!  Up your adventure game and learn to: —Find north and south by reading the trees —Make a simple compass —Use the stars to tell time —Build a basic sextant —Get your bearings using the sun —Go treasure hunting with GPS  
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