Exploration-s23w5/Track Signs
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I'm AhsanSharif From Pakistan
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This is an interesting challenge. Such challenges have often happened to us in our childhood when we used to play with friends at night or during the day. So I am very excited to participate in this challenge. I would like to thank the contest organizer who allowed us to enjoy such moments once again. Let's go towards the task.

01. Locate 3 natural trails and 3 artificial trails in your area and explain what each of them is about.

Natural Trails
First of all, let's talk about natural trails. There are many natural trails that we can follow to reach any place. We use them especially when we don't have any technology or a service like Google Maps.
We usually use it in difficult situations when we do not understand which direction we have to go or where the danger is, so we follow such natural trails. Like I am following the natural trail that I have taken the footstep here. Footprints are of humans, by following them we can go behind them and reach a particular place.
Any tree that is many years old can be seen as a sign of where it is located and what are the places around it because this tree is such that it will no longer be green and lush, that is, it has dried up from below and stands like a log. We can naturally see in which direction it is coming.
Naturally, we can follow animals, by looking at their footprints we can guess which way they went. We can also guess from the animal waste, which will be very useful for us, that it will lead us to our location.
From the natural trail, we can see the footprints of a large transport vehicle or any vehicle. We can also estimate the footprints of the vehicle's tires on a paved road or any dirt road.
These are all the clues that we naturally encounter and we follow them to reach our destination.
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Artificial Trails
Similarly, if we talk about artificial trails, then these are human-made trails, which are created by humans themselves, and we can take them as a guide. When we do not have mobile phones, technology, or Google Maps, we can use these things to leave a few clues behind for the next person to know which direction to go.
As we talk about our various institutions, such as schools, universities, or academies, by looking at them we can guess our next destination, or the people who came before us can guess by looking at them.
Similarly, signboards are installed at various places. Those signboards tell us our exact destination, where we have to reach. Some boards point to an institution, while some boards point to our path, which city is the next or which town is coming.
Similarly, transport is common today, so keeping this transport in mind, bus tops have been built at various places. They have a separate building and some seats are placed inside it where passengers sit and wait. This is also a very big clue to finding your destination.
Similarly, we can identify a place on the road a mosque in any village a mosque in any area, or a place where people worship because these are things that last for a long time. It is a place of worship, so it will remain here in any case. People worship here, so this is also a big clue.
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02. Trace a path in your area and use the clue signs to locate each space on the map accordingly. Remember to use elements of the environment and nature to form the clues.

I have created my roadmap using natural things without destroying nature. This map takes me from my house to a juice corner where I buy juice for myself.
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Used Elements
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Final After Using Elements

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03. Explain in your own words the path you followed, the elements you used, and where you arrived.

If I were to explain this map of mine thoroughly, I would start from my house with a hash sign. When I go out of my house into the street, instead of going to the right, I would go to the left. On the right side, I have put a cross to indicate that we should not follow this path, and on the left side, I have used an arrow to indicate that our destination is to the left.
After going a little further, there is a T-junction on the way. From this T-junction, we have to turn left again. Instead of going straight, I have put a cross sign there to indicate that we will not follow this path. We will turn left from there.
Now from here, we have put an arrow sign, we have to go straight, we do not have to turn, there is a T-junction on the way again, there we have put a cross sign, we do not go there, we will go straight, after going straight, we have another turn.
From here we have to change our path. Earlier we turned left and went straight. Now from here, we have to turn right because the street closes there. We will turn right and go straight.
Ahead of us is a main intersection where there are paths on all sides, so we have to go straight from here as well. We have put up cross signs on both sides, left and right, indicating that we should not follow these paths, we have to use the straight direction.
When we go further from this, there will be a turn ahead which will be turning us towards the left, so we have to follow only that. From there we will go towards the left. While going left, we have to put a cross sign at the next point that we do not go further than this because our juice corner has arrived here. From here we will get our juice. Where I have drawn a circle and marked a dot in the middle, this is our final destination. In total I spent 10 minutes to reach.

04. What did you think of this week's homework? Did you know you could leave clues in a very simple way? Was this course easy for you to complete? What was the most difficult part, and what did you learn?

We often got to do such activities in our childhood because when we were little, there were not so many restrictions. We used to play outdoors and go somewhere far away. When we went far away, we would be busy looking for our other friends. The game was such that some people would hide and some people would find them. Then we would look for their footprints or a small crop that had been destroyed in the field where they had passed. We would look for them by looking for these things.
That's why this challenge has proven to be very interesting for me because it has allowed me to refresh my childhood memories and through it, I have enjoyed all my previous activities.
This activity is more difficult when we have to find any natural trail because at that time we have to go into detail, we have to look at the thing with great care. If we have found any footprints, we have to see which direction they are in. This is a little difficult for me, but I have enjoyed it because I have been doing this work since I was a child, so it also proved to be very easy for me today.
This is why this course has proven to be very easy for me. I have also enjoyed it a lot because I have had the opportunity to do different activities. I have had the opportunity to explore some artificial trials and some natural trials. I have had the opportunity to leave some clues. In this way, I have enjoyed it a lot. I will like such challenges again in the future.

I hope you guys liked my challenge activities. Thank you all for stopping by. I'm looking forward to seeing you with a new challenge and a new hope. Until then, I ask for your permission. May Allah protect you. I would like to invite @ulfatulrahmah, @chant, @josepha, and @suboohi to join this challenge.
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