Compass & Navigation Tools
Navigation Compasses, Plotting Compasses and Class Sets
• Liquid filled orienteering compass with lens, blister packed, dimensions stated 140 x 60 x 17 mm, code 0153-01, small size also available
• Map orienteering options listed as large format and small format, small size specified 70 x 48 x 9 mm
• Plotting compass in metal frame, 18 mm diameter dial for map plotting and bearing marking tasks
• Student compasses listed 35 mm diameter, standard type and lid type, plus demonstration compass 77 mm diameter
• Classroom storage options include set of 20 in box with calibration strip, plus box only with calibration
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Compass & Navigation Tools includes navigation compasses, plotting compasses, and class sets used for teaching direction, bearings, magnetic fields, and basic map navigation. These products are well suited to school science, geography, outdoor education, physics demonstrations, and classroom group activities where students need a simple hands-on way to understand direction finding.
Navigation compasses help students identify cardinal directions and practise basic bearing work. Plotting compasses are useful in physics lessons for showing how a compass needle responds to a magnetic field, including field direction around magnets and simple electromagnetism demonstrations. OpenStax explains that the direction of a magnetic field is the direction in which the north end of a compass needle points, making compasses a practical tool for visualising magnetic field behaviour.
Class sets are useful for schools because multiple students can work at the same time during fieldwork, map reading, or magnetic field experiments. Teachers can use these tools to demonstrate north, south, east and west, angle-based bearings, compass orientation, magnetic field lines, and the difference between classroom diagrams and real instrument readings.
For navigation lessons, users should understand that a magnetic compass points according to the local horizontal component of Earth’s magnetic field, not always exactly to true north. NOAA notes that magnetic declination is used to correct magnetic bearings to true bearings, and USGS explains that declination varies with location and time. These references are useful for teaching navigation accuracy, but should not be used as product-specific accuracy or certification claims unless supported by manufacturer documentation.
For LabChoice Australia customers, Compass & Navigation Tools provides a practical classroom range for schools, geography departments, physics laboratories, and outdoor education programs that need navigation compasses, plotting compasses, and class sets for direction work, bearings, magnetic field mapping, and hands-on science learning.