Educator Kits for Classroom Instruction
These kits can meet the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act requirements for school reform and improvement under the
ARRA category: "Improve results for all students including early learning,
extended learning time, use of technology, preparation for college, and school
modernization."
Here is a kit for teaching GPS basics to students. It includes 10
Garmin GPS72 units, an instruction manual with each unit,10 student manuals and an overview of how the GPS units determines
positions on the face of the earth and free software. An Excellent GPS educator solutions for
the classroom.
The
Garmin GPS72 offers more precise GPS positioning using real-time correction data
obtained from the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). The WAAS corrected
accuracy is in 2-3 meters range; Ideal for navigating to known locations. In
comparison, the Geko 101 has autonomous uncorrected accuracy in the 7-8 meter
range. The GPS72 can store 500 users waypoints and 50 reversible routes.
It also has 1 MB memory.
The
instructors manual includes a flexible course outline, class exercises and
tests. Students can learn to navigate to preselected locations, conduct
treasure hunts for fun or education, set routes to insure safe return to
starting locations, and place waypoints on local maps.
The complete kit with 10 GPS72 units, student
manuals, instructor manual is priced at $1,995 plus shipping, no
sales tax.
