Links:

Escape from Antarctica (interactive activity - learn to use a sextant and take the place of the navigator on Shackleton's expedition)

Flinders and Baudin (ABC's The Navigators)

Macquarie Island (mapping - changes over time)

Make a globe (from paper - template and instructions)

Make a sundial (from paper or cardboard - template and instructions)

Marine Institute (choose from 24 topics designed for teachers and students)

Navigational equipment - early

Navigational equipment (brief easy to read, from the sextant to GPS)

Navigation history (ABC's The Navigators)

Navigation history (from Boat Safe Kids)

Print a map (from National Geographic - choose the world or just part to use with your class)

Star stories from ancient Greece (online illustrated stories about constellations)

Star stories from South Africa (online illustrated stories about constellations).