Joshua Underwood

Underwood's "GPS and You/Technology and Mapping" project helps students examine the connection between science and technology. By using GPS units, students learn to read maps, determine their locations on a map, pick a point on a map and physically find that point in the outside world. Students make topographic maps of a section of the school grounds and explore their local surroundings. Through this exposure to cutting-edge technology and the science behind it, this project teaches students who live in a rural area the skills to navigate and the freedom to explore without getting lost.