Hi in hurumanu 3 class we talked about navigation.
The one who invented the first compass in William Thomson that invented the first compass. We watched a video how to use a compass, hold the compass flat and near your body, with the big direction of travel. The directions are the following North, East, South,West. There are some factors that can greatly influence how a compass take it's readings. There are jobs that still using a compass like Military, Pilot, sailman, that's the jobs that still using a compass. The 3 sports that require a compass are Orienteering, Hunting, Hiking.
The first compass was invented in China during the Han dynasty between 2nd century.
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