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Nautical Science
Summary: Students use simple materials to make model sailboats which must stay upright and sail straight in a testing tank. Key Words: sail, stability, leeway, resistance, floating, displacement, propulsion, steering, keel Source: [|website]

Designing the most Efficient Sail
Grade Level: 5 Subject: Science (Engineering and Technology) Essential Understanding: The Engineering Design Process and using the process to design a sail Source: Wiki page

Nautical navigation
In this activity, students explore the importance of charts to navigation on bodies of water. Using one worksheet, students learn to read the major map features found on a real nautical chart. Using another worksheet, students draw their own nautical chart using the symbols and identifying information learned Source: [|Website]

Give Me a Tall Ship
Purpose: To compare the similarities and differences of ancient and modern ships, including size, construction, building materials, and uses. Source: [|Website]

**Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet**
Grade Level: 3-5 Subject: Science Topics: Oceanography, Geography, Ecology Higher-Order Thinking Skills: Decision Making, Analysis Key Learnings: Ecosystems, Population Pressures, Cause and Effect Source: [|Website]

Junkyard Wars: Wind Machines
Description: Each episode takes place in a huge, specially constructed junkyard, where two teams of engineers and mechanics get 10 hours to build machines scrounged from junk. Later the teams put their contraptions to the test in a competition. This episode consists of two competitions: in one, teams build working gliders, and in the other they build sand yachts, sailboats with wheels that are designed to race on land [|United Streaming]

Travel Brochure Lesson
Students choose a layover and research the locale. Communicate with Joe and locals to gather further information for their brochure. This lesson is outlined at [|Read, Write, Think.org]

Ship's Log
Example: [|log page]

Folk Tales
Topic: “Wings of the Butterfly” a tale of the Amazon rainforest Essential question: How does the literature of a people reflect their cultural values ? How does the literature of a people reflect the physical geography of the region? Source: Wiki page

Africa
ELA Region: Southern Africa Topic: Apartheid and Nelson Mandela The following lesson is one I would recommend as a connection to the stop in Capetown. This lesson uses sixth grade materials, National Geographic Reading Expeditions, and focuses on Nelson Mandela and his struggle to abolish apartheid. Source: Wiki page

Viking Quest
Play the game of '[|Viking Quest]', which takes you back to AD 793. Can you build a ship, cross the seas, loot a monastery and return home to claim your prize? Your chief has set the challenge, it's up to you to respond.

Viking Voyagers
This lesson focuses on student investigation of the Viking culture. Students will implement before-, during-, and after-reading strategies to support their comprehension while navigating websites and a Viking Quest. This experience will also require students to work cooperatively, research, and synthesize the information acquired. Source: [|Website]

[|Brain Pop] __**Math**:__ __**Science:**__ __**Social Studies:**__ Compass: How does a compass know which way is North? What is "North" for that matter? Global Positioning System: GPS receivers are great at helping you get un-lost, but just how do they work?
 * Distance, Rate and Time:** Learn strategies for solving distance, rate and time problems
 * Estimating Distances:** Not sure how much farther you have to go? Learn how to estimate distances with Tim and Moby.
 * Acceleration:** Ever feel like you are going faster and faster with no end in sight? Well, that's acceleration! Learn about the rules that govern speeding up in this swell animated movie!
 * Buoyancy:** Throw an anchor into the ocean and it sinks. But why does a boat holding an anchor float? Learn about the mystery of buoyancy.
 * Climate Types:** What type of climate do you live in?
 * Continents of the World**: Just how many continents are there anyway?
 * Geography Themes:** Learn about the how the geography of a place can tell you about its people, their culture and their history.
 * Latitude & Longitude:** What do all those lines mean anyway?
 * Technology:**