How does a GPS device tell our location? Welcome to BFSU: › Forums › Volume Two › Learning Progression āDā: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE › Lesson D-12. Mapping the Earth: Latitude and Longitude › How does a GPS device tell our location? This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 5 years, 5 months ago by Bernard Nebel. Viewing 0 reply threads Author Posts June 21, 2019 at 4:23 pm #7684 Bernard NebelKeymaster The following description and video will give kids the basic concept of how a GPS gives our location. http://www.physics.org/article-questions.asp?id=55 Have kids consider the careers, discoveries, and technologies that underlie their operation: thinking of the concept itself, designing and building the satellites, atomic clocks, rocketry to put them in orbit, etc. Author Posts Viewing 0 reply threads You must be logged in to reply to this topic.