Make Your Own Compass Activity Kit

As a navigational aid, the compass enabled ocean voyagers to travel to specific destinations like never before. Lacking the compass, the great voyages of discovery may never have taken place--Columbus, De Gama, Magellan and all the rest. The history of the world might have been quite different!

Kids will enjoy making a real, working compass necklace of their very own!

Ages 7 and up.

Unit Goals and Concepts: 

• Learn about magnets and the magnetic properties of the earth.
• Create compass necklaces that each participant can use and take home.

Materials Included: 

• A "blank" compass, plus other materials for each participant to create his or her own compass necklace. We even include reproducible "cutouts" with compass instructions that each participant can attach to the back of his or her compass.
• Our exclusive instructor's activity guide that provides instructors with everything they need to teach about compasses; it also includes suggestions for additional activities.
• The only materials you supply are crayons or markers.