Into to Navigation

OPENING QUESTION: Please go to Google Maps on your Chromie and locate the Tacoma Narrows Airport. Check the color dots on your desk and:

People designated by the color GREEN

  • Locate the city of Port Angeles on the map

People designated by the color BLUE

  • Locate the city of Aberdeen on the map

People designated by the color RED

  • Locate the city of Ellensburg on the map

People designated by the color ORANGE

  • Locate the city of Longview on the map

Now please look at the pretty color *paper* map that I've provided to you. What information do you need to begin planning a flight plan to that location? Please discuss with your team!

LEARNING GOAL FOR TODAY: I will be able to set a basic navigational course during today's class

WORDS O' THE DAY:

  • Navigation: ("controlling the movement of a plane from one place to another")

WORK O' THE DAY:

Now please plot a flight plan directly on your map using a ruler and a colored pencil that matches your color

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Now please give your written flight plan to a colleague at your table and have THEM plot the same plan on *their* map (without showing them your map of course!)