OK, it's time to test your skill. Do you understand how a GPS works?
Work through the simulation attached here by clicking on the GPS - Just Do It! title. Then leave a comment that shows you know your stuff. Your comment should include at least 3 facts about this tracking system.
(If you find you need a bit of background information, check out the information at this website - and then show what you know in your posted comment!)
(If you find you need a bit of background information, check out the information at this website - and then show what you know in your posted comment!)
Mrs. W
15 comments:
A GPS is a small device powered by mostly satalites. You need to know right where the satalites are.
Sydney
GPS I know it travels 186,000 miles per hour. I know that I get signels from satilights.I also know that it uses three satilights.
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Ashton
A GPS is a tiny device that can tell you exactly where you are on this planet.It's very helpful to a lot of people who need to find stuff in this daily life.
GPS
1.a good tool to use if your lost
2.millions of people use it everyday
3.uses satellites to find your location
A GPS IS A SMALL DEVICE THAT CAN TELL YOU WHERE YOU ARE BY SATELLITES TRAVELLING IN SPACE.ITS VERY HELPFUL TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO FIND DIFFERENT THINGS IN THERE DAILY LIFE.
HAVING FUN,
AIYANA
The speed of a gps uses satellite.
The speed of a gps is the speed of light.
conner-age9
A GPS uses three other satellites.I did not no that.It lociats places uesing three satellites.
Easton
I learned three things. One,a GPS is used by millions of people every day. Two, speed of light goes 186,000 miles per second. Three, the idea of using GPS is to use sattelites hurtling through space to find your whereabouts. Those are all the things I learned
your friend,
Tim
You have to know how to work a GPS. It locates satlites in space. It tells you where you are.
Bradley
GPS
It locates using satellites
It can be a cell phone shape
it locates satellites in space.
GPS
I learned that a GPS' signal travel 186,000 miles a second.They look like a walkie talkie.They tell you latitude and longitude.
Thats a really good description of the GPS.I am in Mrs. Walters class too.We also are learning about GPS and how it works.We recently went on a geocache and found a travelbug!!It was pretty neat.Your entry was neat.
very interesting Mrs. W.
NICE ARTICLE I UNDERSTOOD IT COMPLETELY.
AUSTIN
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