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Global Positioning System

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GPS- We learned how to use the GPS (global positioning unit) in class. We made globes and learned about latitude and longitude. Then we investigated the GPS locations all around Tolenas Park, which is just down the street.  Mrs. La Mar asked us to map and log the GPS location of a bunch of places in the park. We learned how to read the GPS unit and write down the measurements correctly.  When we went to the cemetery we recorded the location on the GPS of each headstone,

 

 

 

 

 
Copyright 1997 Linda Ferguson and Eva LaMar