Early polynesian navigation

in hunumanu 3 we have been researching how the early Polynesian people found there way across the pacific ocean

 Early Polynesian navigation

How do you use memory to navigate? The polynesian wayfinders navigated to pacific ocean using the sun, the moon, fish, debris and vegetation and memory.

Memory make familiar spaces so you need to use land marks like example an island with two trees and a big bush or a spike. using this tool can help you to go back home without getting lost.  

The Polynesians wayfinders memorised the stars to help them navigate across the pacific ocean.The use the sun because the sun rises on the east and sets on the west. And constellations like the northern/southern cross do direct them to the north or the south 

The Polynesian wayfinders use clouds to navigate because clouds show where land was. Big groups of clouds are close to mountains

They used birds to find land because the flight patterns navigate them to land and birds can fly 190km. 

In conclusion, the Polynesian wayfinders used the sun, southern cross, cloud reflections, clouds on top of mountains and birds to navigate the pacific ocean. Are you ready to set sail while remembering it?.