Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Compass Skills Scavenger Hunt
During this instructional activity young scholars take a reading with a compass and use the compass to reach multiple checkpoints. Students also demonstrate their knowledge by locating specific coordinates that spell out a phrase.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Outdoor Safety: Reading a Compass and Orienteering
Explains how to use a compass to orient yourself outdoors.
A&E Television
History.com: 11 Innovations That Changed History
From pioneering inventions to bold scientific and medical advancements, find out more about 11 innovations that changed the course of human history.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Measure the Earth's Field!
You can use a bar magnet and a compass to get a rough idea of the strength of Earth's magnetic field. Read this article to find out how!
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Group of Pyramids: Capacity and Position
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario at the pyramids. Those skills include comparing capacity of three or more containers, using compass directions to describe locations, and using...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Create a Compass
Step-by-step illustrated instructions for building a compass and testing its accuracy.
Other
Family Education Network: Heavy Metal
An engaging site that provides interesting facts about magnets. Solve a problem and discover how to create a compass.
Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: Education: Christopher Columbus: First Voyage
This resource provides information about Christopher Columbus and his voyages.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: Make Your Own Weather Station
This page, provided by the Franklin Institute, shows you how to become an amateur meteorologist. Directions on how to construct a weather station include the barometer, hygrometer, rain gauge, weather vane, and compass.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Find Your Bearing: Mapping
In this exercise, students use compasses to make a map of the school's campus.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Bearings
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson the students select appropriate tools (e.g. compasses and protractors) to measure angles and analyze bearings (N, E, S, and W).
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Bearings 2
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart introducing student to compass bearings. It can be followed by flipchart bearings going further in depth of bearing orientation.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Bisecting Angles
[Free Registration/Login Required] Sunshine State Standard: MA.C.3.3.1-1 You can bisect an angle by using a compass and a straight edge. This flipchart goes over definitions and the mathematical process of bisecting angles in a step by...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Christopher Columbus
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students recognize why we celebrate Columbus Day as related to the story of Christopher Columbus. Students explore the route taken from Spain to the Americas and how long this voyage took by using a...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Circle Vocabulary
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson lets students identify, draw, and measure parts of a circle. The lesson compliments 5th grade Harcourt Math, Lesson 23.4. Activote assessment is included at the end of the lesson.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Compass Constructions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides the basic step-by-step guidance for making congruent constructions using a compass and a ruler.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Gateway to the West
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students coordinate locations using a compass rose.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Introduction to Maps
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are expected to: explain the purpose of a map; identify and use a compass rose; use a grid to locate objects on maps; and use a map key. Activities are hands-on with students manipulating...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Constructing a Triangle With 3 Known Sides
Students learn how to construct a triangle with three known sides using a straightedge and a compass. Includes an animated demonstration.
Treehut
Suzy's World: Magnetism: Why Does a Compass Point North?
This fact sheet from Suzy's World and Suzy Cato explores how magnetism works, including "why a compass points north." Content includes fun facts, an experiment, and the ability to make your own compass.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Basic Constructions
This site gives a few tips when using a compass for the optimal drawing techniques.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Devices Used to Measure Angles
Looks at the many devices used to measure angles in academic settings and in real-world settings.
Science Struck
Science Struck: How Does a Compass Work?
Explains what a magnetic compass is and how it works.
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Hunting for States, Capitals, and National Parks! [Pdf]
Students can use a map of the United States to locate state capitals and national parks.