How to find North | Live Experiments with Huw James | Head Squeeze

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Have you found yourself on lost on the top of an active volcano and can't find your way home? Well, keep watching because Huw James takes us through everything we need to know on to find north.

Finding north using un-conventional methods is easy as long as you have a needle, leaf, analogue watch and big stick.

Magnetise a sewing needle and let it float on some water or a leaf and it will soon turn around to point north and south.

Using the hands on your analogue watch, align the long hand with in the direction of the sun, and the small hand directly opposite, and you'll soon find your bearings.

Stick a stick in the ground and mark the shadow with a rock and see which way the shadow moves on the ground and you will soon find north.

To skip through to How to find North using a needle click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HalWPa6Ef5E#t=76

To skip through to How to find North using an analogue watch click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HalWPa6Ef5E#t=207

To skip through to how to find North using a stick click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HalWPa6Ef5E#t=297

We previously sent Greg Foot up Mount Everest and tested his mental arithmetic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qEfzb4wcgs&list=PLMrtJn-MOYmd9qywSe0JaCOed0t4CVV1l&index=27

Or why not check out our Sci Guide on the Northern Lights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS0gssL7wJE&list=PLMrtJn-MOYme6klSjJXoZfWmNZ6ZthOSA&index=10

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