Teaching Examples & Tips

Teaching Examples

Here are several ideas to help teach fundamental concepts of navigation to a wide variety of student audiences:

• Wa'a Construction - construct a wa'a model from supplied parts

• Hōkūle'a Voyage Route - trace the planned path of the upcoming voyage

• Wave Action (Water Trough) - demonstrate how waves affect canoes in the ocean

Here are more video examples:

• Basic Compass Orientation - to be provided later

Teaching Tips

Low-cost (Free!) printing alternative

Want to make giant posters for cheap? Here's a cool trick you can do with your printer!

Regular pictures are too small for big posters, but this website cuts your picture up into smaller pieces that fit on regular printer paper. Then you just tape them all together to make a giant copy of your picture!

Here's what to do:

1. Pick a picture you really like (like a star compass image).

2. Go to the website called rasterbator.net (yes, that's really the name!).

3. Choose the size of your paper (like regular printer paper) and how you want it printed (portrait or landscape).

4. Tell the website how big you want your final picture to be.

5. Click a button and the website makes a special PDF file for your printer.

6. Print that PDF file onto a bunch of sheets of paper.

7. Cut out the pictures and tape them together to make your giant poster!

This website is free to use, but they might ask you for a little money if you like it.

Hint: There's a setting on the website called "Style (3)" where you should pick "No effects - just enlarge the image to multiple pages" This makes sure your giant picture looks exactly like the original one!

Generate a QR Code for Free

QR codes (or Quick Response codes) are two-dimensional codes that you can scan with a smartphone. The code contains information, usually a site address, and once you scan it, the code connects you with a resource on the web. QR codes save a lot of time in the classroom

QR codes can be used to share videos, links, PDFs, images, sound files, and so much more. By using QR codes, you will save a lot of time during class because students will be able to view the information directly within seconds.

Here's a simple way to create a QR code using the Google Chrome browser on either a MacOS or Windows desktop.

This site is a work in progress, so please visit us on this site as we expand and organize the resources about the ancient wisdom of navigation that can be applied to vast bodies of water or deserts.