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Exploring the Gulf of Mexico with Dr. Sheli: Math – figuring out distance and speed at sea


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Ships used chip logs before modern mechanics and that is where the term “knots” comes from.  For ships and airplanes or airships travel in knots not miles per hour. So I guess we have several first questions What is the difference between a knot and a mile?   How are they measured precisely? What does a chip log look like? If they didn’t have speedometers did they have clocks? If no clocks what did they use to measure time at sea?

This is a great way to really get going with time and distance.

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