PBS
Pbs Teachers:dragonfly Tv Cup
Apply knowledge of motion, forces and lift while sailing a boat around a race course.
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Boat Safety: Boating Safety Courses
This site provides information about checking equipment, learning the new rules for the year, and information on courses to take.
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U.s. Coast Guard: Boating Safety Division
This is a Coast Guard site dedicated to training people about boat safety. It has many programs it offers to the public.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Exploration and Trade
Detailed introduction on exploration and trade during the Renaissance. Provides an overview of the tools created during the Middle Ages that made such travels by sea possible as well as insight into the types of goods traders sought in...
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The Academy/united States Coast Guard Academy
Description of the US Coast Guard Academy and its curriculum and admissions requirements.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: Talk Like a Sailor
Learn some of the words a sailor uses to talk about a boat. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
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Boat Safe Kids
This is a delightful site about boats and boating. Lots of games plus a terrific overview of the history of navigation. Includes a visit to a reproduction of Columbus' Nina.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Does Math Guide Our Ships at Sea?
Explore the history of logarithms and sailing by watching this animated video. [4:19]
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The Bay of Biscay 1999
This site provides an interesting account of a sailing trip on the "Rusalka Mist," a 28 foot cruiser, across the Bay of Biscay.
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Sail Safe
"Get your sailing skills the fun way on our Sail Safe pages." The National Maritime Museum promotes safe sailing with this interactive lesson and game.
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New Bedford Whaling Museum: Norman Fortier Photo Images of Sailing Vessels
Features a collection of photos pertaining to the whaling industry by Norman Fortier that were exhibited at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
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Royal National Lifeboat Institute
This is a British organization that promotes and teaches about sailing. It is a non-profit group dedicated to sailing.
Read Works
Read Works: Sailing Into History
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Michael Perham, the British teenager who became the youngest person to sail alone across the Atlantic Ocean. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee: Sailing
Learn about the parts of a sailboat, the positions of competitors, the sailing course in the Summer Olympics, and the types of boats in competition.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Sailing on the Wind
This is a hands-on lesson that uses science and the steps of the Engineering Design Process to determine important properties in sail design materials and learn how to harness wind power. Students will learn that a problem can be solved...
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Boat safe.com: The History of Navigation
This site discusses the beginnings of using boats for travel and how they made their way from one place to another.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Ocean Activity Ideas
Explore ocean habitats, learn about the extreme weather of the ocean and examine environmental threats to the ocean. Conduct experiments on buoyancy and osmosis, and research sailing and ocean-based industry.
EL Education
El Education: Tools for Sailors Ahoy, Mate!
In this lesson students learn about sailing and contribute writing, illustrations, and photographs to a class book containing information about navigation equipment, the Beaufort Scale, knots, and the signal system of flags used by...
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Us Windsurfing Association
The US Windsurfing Association provides the latest news and events pertaining to windsurfing.