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Fall 2009-Day 2
Orientation to the Sky
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In the parking lot, the instructor asks students to figure out which direction they are facing. Typically, the students come to some agreement on where North is, and they stand accordingly. The Physics 111 instructor confirms that the students are indeed standing toward the North direction. The instructor then asks them to think about how maps are arranged (From the person facing North, West is on the left, and East is on t…