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Stellar navigation and mathematics
Students will learn about celestial positions, the azimuth and altitude to shape their understanding of traditional navigational techniques.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 5
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Space Measurement Statistics
- Topic
- Angles and geometric reasoning Statistical investigations
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Numeracy progression
- Positioning and locating (P5)
- Publisher
University of Melbourne
- Copyright
© The University of Melbourne – Ngarrngga, 2026. Free-for-education.
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