Section 1 - Lesson Plan

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Chart Smart Seminar
An Introduction to Compasses, Charts
Piloting Recommended Lesson Plan for
Instructors and Quiz Homework Answers (4 hour
seminar)
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 Comments to Instructors The material used in
Chart Smart was extracted from The Squadron
Boating Course. The sequence of the chapters was
changed to better suit the topic flow for Chart
Smart. Use the CS Instructor Manual (IM) or,
alternatively, The Squadron Boating Course
Instructor Manual as the Instructor Manual for
the seminar. Below are the sections in Chart
Smart and the related chapter references in The
Squadron Boating Course, 2001 Edition. Click
here to review a softcopy of the A hardcopy IM
may also be ordered from USPS Headquarters.
Chart Smart Chapter and Topic The Squadron
Boating Course 2 PilotingThe Mariners
Compass Section 9 3 Charts Section 5 4 Aids
to Navigation Section 6 5 PilotingPlotting a
Course Section 7 6 PilotingDistance, Speed,
Time Section 11 7 PilotingDetermining
Position Section 13
Chart Smart Instructor's Manual (pdf).
Make sure you order enough plotters and dividers
for your class. The students will need them for
the class examples and for the homework.
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Overall Agenda

• Class 1 (allow 30 minutes for each section)
• Section 2 Piloting - The Mariner's Compass
• Section 3 Charts (Class Exercise 1 optional)
• Section 4 Aids to Navigation (Class Exercise 2
  optional)
• Section 5 Piloting
• Class 2 (allow 30 minutes for each section, not
  including exercises or optional exam)
• Section 5 Piloting - Class Exercise 3
  Optional Exercise 4
• Section 6 Piloting - Distance, Speed, Time
• Section 7 Piloting - Determining Position
  Class Exercise 5 and 6
• Optional Quiz

Note class exercises are optional and depend
upon the classes ability to accommodate the base
material at the recommended pace at a minimum,
exercises 3, 5 6 should be covered (allow 20
minutes each).
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Class 1 Agenda

• Section 2 Piloting - The Mariner's Compass
• How a Compass Works
• Selecting a Compass
• Installing a Compass
• Compass Care
• The Compass Course
• Calculating a Steering Course

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OPTIONAL - OPTIONAL Optional material for the
Section 2 slide presentation SAMPLE - SHIP'S
DEVIATION TABLE The deviation table is in a
separate Chart Smart ppt file for portrait style
slides. Note - this slide and all the examples
using deviation are optional depending upon a
squadron's desire to cover deviation. If used, a
hard copy of the deviation table should be given
to each student to facilitate the solving of the
class examples 3 and 4. None of the homework
utilizes deviation. Care should be used in
introducing students to interpolation at this
stage - see the note regarding interpolation on
the Sample - Ship's Deviation Table see example
4 with interpolation.
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Class 1 Agenda - cont'd

• Section 3 Charts
• Chart Scales
• What Charts Show
• Colors Used on Charts
• Hands on Class Exercise 1 (optional)

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OPTIONAL - OPTIONAL Optional material for the
Section 3 slide presentation Slides 4 5 have
a small scale when displayed in landscape
mode. The portrait styled slides 4 5 are in a
separate Chart Smart ppt file for portrait style
slides. Note - these slides are optional
depending upon if OHTs are shown or an LCD
projector is used and the presenter's desire to
alternate between landscape and portrait styled
charts.
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Class 1 Agenda

• Section 4 Aids to Navigation
• Marks
• Lateral System
• Non-Lateral System
• Ranges
• Hands on Class Exercise 2 (optional)
• Section 5 Piloting
• Plotting Labeling a Course

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Class 2 Agenda

• Section 5 Piloting
• Hands on Class Exercise 3 Optional Exercise 4
• Section 6 Piloting - Distance, Speed, Time
• The DST Formula
• Alternative Method
• Section 7 Piloting - Determining Position
• DR, DR Track, DR Position
• Lines of Position
• Bearings, Fixes
• Class Exercise 5 (lead by instructor)
• Hands on Class Exercise 6 (by the students)
• Optional Quiz

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OPTIONAL - OPTIONAL Optional material for the
Section 7 slide presentation The portrait
styled slides to augment slide 3, Plotting A
Course, are in a separate Chart Smart ppt file
for portrait style slides. The intent of these
slides is to have a full size version of slide 3
and to show an alternate plotter that students
may already have. Note - these slides are
optional depending upon if OHTs are shown or an
LCD projector is used and the presenter's desire
to alternate between landscape and portrait
styled charts.
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OPTIONAL - OPTIONALChart Smart Quiz

• The Chart Smart quiz is an optional informal
  test to be used at the squadron's discretion.
  The quiz will not be scored at "national" nor
  will the results of the quiz be maintained by
  USPS. The quiz, if used, should be scored in the
  final class session and the student should be
  informed of the results. The quiz can be used as
  a part of the overall learning process and scored
  in the same manner that the homework questions
  were handled. The quiz is provided in a separate
  Microsoft Word file (doc).

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Quiz Answers
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Homework Answers
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End Lesson Plan
An Introduction to Compasses, Charts
Piloting Recommended Lesson Plan for Instructors