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Pacific Navigation

📋 What it is

Pacific Islander navigators crossed thousands of kilometres of open ocean using stars, waves, birds and currents — no instruments.

🗣️ Coach says

Imagine finding a tiny island across a vast ocean with no compass, no map, no GPS. Pacific navigators did exactly this for centuries — reading stars, wave patterns, birds and currents. It’s one of humanity’s greatest feats of knowledge.

🧠 Memory hook

Cross an ocean with no instruments — read stars, waves, birds, currents.

😂 Giggle

What did one star say to another at the beginning of the universe?
"We're just getting started!"

😲 Whoa!

Master navigators could tell they were near an unseen island by the way ocean swells bent around it — a skill taking years to learn.

✅ Quick check: How did Pacific navigators find distant islands without any instruments?

Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.

🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)

Name two natural signs (in the sky, water, or air) that could help someone find their way.

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🤸 Brain break: Star steer: “hold the tiller,” look up to a fixed star, and steer steadily toward it.