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组员合影： 组员感言： 当每个人的汗水融入的时候，成功抑或是失败已不再重要；当每个人用心去做用心去投入的时候，艰难抑或险阻已无法阻挡我们前进的脚步。我们在这里，面对着我们共同播撒过汗水的成果，回首我们所走过的一年的路，望着来来去去不变的那几个人，铭刻着那不会淡化的记忆。 开展研究性学习这一路走下来，是充满艰辛的，起初定课题就遇到极大的困难，经过反复商讨最终决定研究拟南芥，但是半个学期的实验做下来，却与预期的效果相去甚远，不得不更换课题。但无形中时间就变得异常紧迫，压力也随之而来。实验总是会有很多失败，很难取得良好的效果。但在一次又一次的失败中，我们并没有放弃而是保持乐观的心态和百折不挠的精神逐步走向成功。一路上也是充满幸福与欢乐的，都是独生子女的我们在一起实验、一起失败、一起探索、一起成功中，享受到了合作的喜悦。在失败与成功的轮回中体悟到了胜利的快感。研究性学习带给了我不一样的高中生涯，让我获益良多。 指导教师点评： 该论文选题比较新颖，目的是要将光学中的一些理论和现象（超出中学物理知识范围）运用到实际生活当中，这不但对研究者的边研究边学习的能力有较高的要求，也对他们研究复杂的实际情况，将知识运用到实际中的能力有较高的要求。对课题的认真研究，也就很好的锻炼了他们这方面的能力。通过努力，他们最终形成了研究成果，有理论，有模型，对应用到实际中提出了一定的方案。但也需要对实际情况考虑得更加全面，离真正运用到实际当中还有相当的距离，但作为研究性学习的成果，已经是很好的了。 Vikings navigation Leader: Han Yixuan; Members: Zhang Qiuhao, Mei Yuanqiao, Zhang Shu, Yang Ning, Cao Beibei, Zhu Yiwen. Direct Teacher: Wang Daoping School: High School Affiliated To Nanjing Normal University Key words: skylight navigation, polarization, birefringent crystal Introduction Vikings are said to navigate across the open ocean for thousands of miles without magnetic compass. But how did they manage to do it? A sundial composed of a wooden disc with a perpendicular gnomon in the centre can be used to direct the ships in the days which the sun can be seen. The sailors’ most frequently used ship route was along 61°N latitude. They had to travel east or west during April to August, when the sun was available about 14 hours a day. As a matter of fact, the sun was not always available on the ocean. At sunrise and sunset, the sun could usually be obscured by fog or water steam. Those geographic phenomenon appeared on high latitude of North are called Arctic sea smoke. The fog sometimes rises to a hundred feet high, only leaves the sky clear. During this certain condition, sundial could not function to estimate the solar position. A crystal was used to tell the exact position of the sun, although the sun itself is unseen. Could a birefringent crystal be used to detect the direction accurately as the Vikings expected? Until now, no