NavigationUsingLines,LineSegmentsandRays

Congratulations!Becauseyouhaveshownthatyouhaveavastknowledgeoflines,
linesegmentsandrays,ourclasshasbeenchosentobenavigatorsontheHklea!Forthe
nexttwoyears,eachofyouwillhaveanopportunitytosailwiththecrewonapartoftheir
WorldwideVoyage.HerearesomethingsyouwillneedtoknowabouttheHklea,
navigatingandtheWorldwideVoyagebeforeyoubeginyourjourneys.

TheHklea
TheHkleaispartofthePolynesianVoyagingSociety(PVS).Thisgroupwasfoundedin
1973.ThesocietysgoalwastofigureouthowtheearlyPolynesiansfoundtheHawaiianIslands.
TwoyearsafterPVSwasformed,adoublehulledcanoe,justliketheonesthattheancient
Polynesiansused,wasbuilt.Itwasnamed
Hklea
orStarofGladness.Thisnamecomesfroma
starcalled
Arcturus
whichinHawaiianis
Hklea
.Thisstarisimportantbecausewithit,navigators
areabletostayoncoursefromHawaiitoTahiti.WiththehelpofMauPiailug,amasternavigator
fromSatawal,thecrewsetofffromHawaiitoTahitiwithnomoderntechnology.Thecrewdiscovered
howtheancientPolynesiansusedthestars,wind,wavesandtherisingandsettingoftheSunto
navigatetheirway.

Navigation
WhentheearlyPolynesianstraveledintheircanoes,theydidnthaveGPSorradioslikewedo
today.Theyhadtorelyonwhatwasaroundthemthewaves,wind,thepositionofthesunduringthe
dayandthestarsatnight.NainoaThompson,animportantmemberofPVScreatedtheHawaiian
Starcompasstohelppeopletounderstandthepatternsofthestarsandwheretheyareinthesky.
TherearemanypicturesofthestarcompassdrawnallovertherailingsoftheHklea,tohelp
navigatorsguidethecanoeinthecorrectdirections.

TheWorldwideVoyage(WWV)
Since2013,Hkleahasbeenonavoyage(orjourney)aroundtheworld.Thisvoyageis
differentfromthefirstvoyagefromHawaiitoTahiti.Thistime,theHkleaisnttravelingalone,itis
joinedbyanothercanoecalled
Hikianalia
.Thiscanoeiscalledasistercanoebecauseittravels
alongwithHklea.Itsnamecomesfromthestar
Spica
,whichrises(ormoves)with
Arcturus
or
Hklea
.ThiscanoehasmodernecologicaltechnologyandhelpsthecrewonHkleatostayon
courseastheytravelaroundtheworld.Throughoutthevoyage,Hkleahasmademanystopsat
differentports.Portsarewhereshipsgotodock.SomeoftheportsthatHkleahasvisitedare
locatedinSouthAfrica,Tonga,PanamaandeventheUnitedStates.


HawaiianStarCompass
OneofthewaysthePolynesiansnavigatedwas
throughthestars.Thepositionofthestarsinthesky
helpedthenavigatorstodeterminewhattimeofnightit
wasandevenwhatdirectionthecanoewastraveling.
FormanyyearsthePolynesianswereabletotravel
thiswaywithouttheuseofacompass.Thismethodof
navigatingissometimesusedontheHklea
WorldwideVoyage.

Thefourmajordirectionsarelabeledonthestar
compassjustliketheywouldonaWesterncompass.
kau
:North,
Hema
:South,
Hikina
:East,
Komohana
:
West

Thecompassisseparatedintofoursectionscalledhouses.
Koolau
:Northeast,
Malani
:Southeast,
Kona
:Southwest,
Hoolua
:
Northwest

Thesehouseshavetheirownhouses.
Haka
:empty,describingtheskiesinthishouse,
N

Leo
:thevoicesofthestarsspeakingto
thenavigator,
Nlani
:theheavens.,
Manu
:bird,thePolynesianmetaphorforacanoe,
Noio
:
theHawaiianterm(abird),
ina
:land.,
L
:sun,whichstaysinthishousemostoftheyear.

YourPartoftheTrip

Usingthemapgiventoyou,figureoutwhichlinesegmentsmakeupyourgroupslegorpartofthe
voyage,thenanswerthequestionsbelow.Remembertousethecorrectnotation.

1. Mytribeslinesegment(orsegments):____________________________

2. Whichplacesareyouvisiting?:___________________________

3. Whatyearwillyoubetraveling?:_________________________________

4. Findandidentifyanotherlinesegmentthatislongerthanyourlinesegment
(orsegments).

_____________________________________

5. Findandidentifyanotherlinesegmentthatisshorterthanyourline
segment(orsegments).

_____________________________________

BuildingYourOwnCanoe

Youhaveshownthatyouaresuchamasternavigatorthatyouhavebeenaskedtodesigna
newcanoeforthenextvoyage.AgroupatthePolynesianVoyagingSocietygaveyouthese
instructionsforthecanoedesign.
Thedesignmusthave:
2parallellines
2perpendicularlines
2intersectinglines
Alllinesegmentsshouldbelabeledwithpoints
Anycreativeideasyouhaveforacanoe

YoumayusethispictureoftheHokuleatogiveyouideas.

ReflectionQuestions
*CompleteinyourmathjournalforHW*
*Writeincompletesentences*

1. Whyarentthereanylinesorraysonamap?
2. Findanacuteangleonthemap.Whichlinesegmentsmakeupthatangle?
3. Findanobtuseangleonthemap.Whichlinesegmentsmakeupthatangle?
4. Whatdidthisteachyouabouthowusefullines,linesegmentsandraysareinjobs?
5. WhataretwothingsyoulearnedabouttheHklea,navigationortheWorldwide
Voyage?

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