Topic:
The mathematics of ocean navigation and mapping from the traditional cultures of the Marshall Islands and other South Pacific navigators, including navigation by ocean swells and stars, mapping the south Pacific with stick and shell maps.
Reference List:
Ascher, M. (1995). Models and Maps from the Marshall Islands: A Case in Ethnomathematics.
Historia Mathematica, 22, 347-370.
Knighton, H. (2020, April). Navigating the Waters with Micronesian Stick Charts. Ocean find
your blue. https://ocean.si.edu/human-connections/history-cultures/navigating-waters-
Lyons, H. (1928). The Sailings Charts of the Marshall Islanders. The Geographic Journal, 72(4),
325-327. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1782371
Patowary, K. (2016, February). The Stick Chart Navigation of Marshall Islands. Amusing Planet.
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/02/the-stick-chart-navigation-of-marshall.html
Traditional ways of Knowing Polynasian Stick Chart. (n.d.). Exploring our Fluid Earth Teaching
Science as an Inquiry. https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/node/34
Artistic Format:
We will be attempting to recreate a stick chart.
Excellent topic! And I will be commenting on the rest of the 342 unit plans -- I was having computer troubles yesterday, but should have comments to you within the next two days. Apologies for the wait!
ReplyDeleteNo Problem! We all know computer problems too well at this point! Thanks
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