SHS1 Aviation And Aerospace Engineering · Semester 1, Week 20
Fundamentals of Avionics
Lesson notes
Learning Objectives
Indicator: 1.2.1.LI.2 - Explain the functions of avionics navigation systems.
By the end of the lesson, learners can:
- Define avionics navigation systems and distinguish them from avionics communication systems, which they studied in Semester 1, Week 19.
- Explain at least four key functions of avionics navigation systems, including position determination, route planning, guidance, and landing assistance.
- Demonstrate how navigation systems help pilots determine their position and stay on course using analogies drawn from nature, building on their earlier study of bird flock navigation in Week 14.
- Compare and contrast modern avionics navigation with traditional navigation methods used by Ghanaian seafarers and our forefathers, using the project-based learning activity on tracking hidden objects.
- Analyse a real-world scenario involving navigation challenges and propose how avionics navigation systems would solve the problem, demonstrating Level 3 strategic reasoning.
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- Strand
- Avionics (Strand 2)
- Sub-strand
- Fundamentals of Avionics (2.1)
- Content standard
- 1.2.1.CS.2 - Demonstrate knowledge of the vast functions of avionics systems. 1.2.1.LO.1 Use analogies in nature to explain avionics systems. 1.2.1.LO.2 Enumerate the uses of avionics systems in aircraft and spacecraft.
- Indicator
- 1.2.1.LI.2 - Explain the functions of avionics navigation systems.
- Suggested placement
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Semester 1, Week 20
(Week 20 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
- Curriculum reference
- NaCCA curriculum document, p. 39
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
Project-Based Learning: - Initiate discussion on how learners find things they have misplaced or hidden. Encourage learners to talk in turns. Demonstrate how, in the olden days, our forefathers were able to track their hidden valuables and give direction to places for learners to observe and comment individually. - With the aid of relevant resources, learners work in pairs to create maps for tracing hidden valuables or objects and use them to track objects. As they work in pairs, encourage them to be creative in their thinking and work collaboratively to achieve set target. Talk for Learning; Building on What Others Say: Illustrates, with the aid of audio-visuals, how lighthouses are used to aid ship navigation. Learners should observe and comment in turns. Teaching and Learning Resources: - A catalogue of products from an avionics company, e.g., - Garmin * Books about avionics systems, e.g., Introduction to avionics (by R. P. G. Collinson), Aircraft Communication and Navigation - Systems (by Mike Tooley and David Wyatt) * Two-way radios (two canned tins with thread/wire) - Magnetic compasses - Movies such as Dora the adventurer, pirates - Satellite dish - and cartoons about Assessment (1.2.1.AS.2). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 3 Strategic reasoning; Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.