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titleStowaway Adventure: Real Time Data Activities
descriptionThese six interdisciplinary activities in support of The Stowaway Adventure Project ask students to chart a ship's course, determine ports of call, calculate distance covered and ship speed, determine how weather conditions affect the ship's progress, and more.
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subjectprocess skills, literature, writing (composition), algebra, arithmetic, applied mathematics, geography, meteorology,
typeActivity
level8, 12, 11, 9, 10, 5, 6, 7,
keywordsMaps, Weather, Navigation, Marine science, Ships and shipping, Ports of call, Sea ports,
mediatorTeachers
beneficiaryStudents
priceCodeFree
onlineproviderCenter for Improved Engineering & Science Education
recordCreated2003-05-12T16:50:12-5:00
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