. DOCUMENT RESUME ED 'a4.353 SE 026 342 TITLE Moipping, Ships and Waterways: A Marine -Education Infusion Unit. Npithern New England Marine Education Project. INSTITUTION Maine Univ., Orono. Coll. of Education. SPONS'AGENCY National Oceanic and. Atmospheric Administration (DOC), Rockville, Md. National Sea Grant Program. ,PUB DATE' Jan 79 ROTE 92p.; For related documents, see SE 026 336-343; Not available in hard copy due to copyright restrictions; Contains'occasiomal marginal drawings EDRS PRICE NF-$0.83 us Postage. BC Not Available from 2MRS. DESCRIPTORS *Elemen :Secondary Education; *InstructiOnal Material Laagaage Arts; Marine Technicians; Mathematics Education; Ocean Enegiheering; *Oceanology; *Science Education; Social Studies; '*Transportation IDENTIFIERS *Ships ABSTRACT Tais multidisciplinary unit is designed to increase familiarity with various types of ships and purposes for different varieties of marine vessels. It seeks to'increase familiarity with routes of ocean -shipping and the effect of ocean conditions such as currents upon shipping route patterns. A discussion treats the uses of various navigation guides such as channek markers and buoys. The unit uses whole class instruction as well as individual projects. Field trip ideas are included. (RE) r.- It e _ % r .#*****************#*##***************************###******####*#*#####* * Reproduction supplied by EDRS are the best that can- be made * * from the,origina.; document. * t i, 1 Northern New England Marine Education 'Project 7. Col-lege of Education - _ _ University of M6 ine at Orono 0 Nino, Ma i U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. : EDUCATION IL WELFARE "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCETHIS NATIONAL. INSTITUTE OF MATERIAL IN MICROFICHE ONLY EDUCATION HAS BEEN GRANTED BY ' THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- caul DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM ki-otj THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS I v STATED. 00NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TO THE EDUCATIONALResaenRces EDUCATION POSITION .OR POLICY INFORMATION CENTER (BRIG) AND *- USERS OF E ER ICSYSTEM." s . , SHIPPING-, SHIPS AND WATERWAYS, A Marine;` ducation Infusion Unit - 4 A Maine7Ne'w Hampshire Sea, Grant Project _ _ . \5'SUpported In Part by NOAH, Office of Sea Grant . U. S. Department of Commerce and-by. TheC011ege of Education; Universic,ty of Maine ° Project , Northern New England Marine',.Education Project Staff: - _John M. Buttow, Project Director Harry H. Dresser, Assistant Director -- Wesley HedlUnd, Project Assistant College of Education, University of Maine Orono, Maine. :macknowledgements This unit was prepared-and trial tested in schools inMaine and , 9 New Hampsh4e during -spring 1978. Each of the units in-this Marine ;Education Program were- triartested in aminimum of five classrooms and ,wer e" revised as a resultof suggestions by the cooperating cilers. 'Parts of these units and much of 'our workingphilosophy.VIa sderiNON .. , from project- C.O.A.S.T. developed at theUniversity of Delaware and we gratefully acknowledge the leadership of Dr. RobertStegner, director of , i . ,. .project C.O.A.S.T: Thesematerials weretrial tested under the super- vision of-.former assistant director Dr.Les Picker and were Iv' n by J, graduate."students in education at the Universityof Maine (Orono; and sc cooperating feachers in the schools ofUnion, Maine; Freeport, Maine; because and Hampton',,Aew Hampshir We, call these- nits - trial units , . we4Rpe you will try.them in yoUr classroom andmodify them to suit --- ..:-.e .4:. your.4-, Situation... John W. BUtzow Project Di rector January 1979 NO copyright is claimed for thesemateriei-s,..You are encouraged, to copy and use thein as-youdesire. lb NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND MARINE EDUCATIONPROJECT ANNOTATED- LIST OF' I NFUS ION UN ITS K-8 Trial Edition A Clams _and Other Critters:, aunit.on shells (living and non- art's, home econ- 1 ng)-,:. inc ludes -crafts , _ sc ience, language' omics, math and other areas (Butzowand Jones) 0 be used in many- -1-1 Marine Art: art and craft activities to subject areas (Picker) f".. 7). 2 The Aquarium: revolves around a, freshwater aquarium setup. Language arts, math, science,art and others (KilfoYle)-. The Beaver: study .of the history!, 'economics andnatural' history- of the beaver. Social studies, language arts, music,arts, --rafts, science, math (DiSilvestro) biology, lit- 4 The,Lobster: explores the economics, history, erature of the lobster. Home econOmics, art, crafts, science, , social studies, literature(Kilfoyle) Whales and Whaling: a comp te study of the history,biology arid economics of whales, and al ing. Language arts., music, math,- science, social studies, arts,crafts, industrial. arts (Picker, Carkin) Our Heritage of Ships: surveys the development ofships, with emphasis on New England. Science, _art, music, crafts,litera- ture, language arts, 'soc-ialstudies (Glueck, Iautzow) 7 Ships,,Shippi.ng and Waterways: explores ships and Seaways today, with `emphasis on' NewEngland: Social studies with excursions into science, arts(Glueck, Beitzow) Coastal Indians of Northern New England: three part approach .to' Indian studies, culminating inan-"Indian Day,or Evening." Independent study suggested for'Part II. Language arts, 'library science, musi, art, crafts, socialstudies, marine stience, industrial arts'(Picker, DiSilvestro) Units are available from: NoPthern -New England MarineEduction Project SHibLes. Hal 1 ,College of Edu tion :Universi ty of Maine at°Oro Orono,' Maine 04469 2 L TITLE: 'Shipping, Ships and Waterways 'SUBJECTS: Social Studies, including excusionsin science, mathematics language arts / CLASS PERIODS: various c AUTHORS: .Glueck, 1978 with Butzow (modified Murrayand Osborne) INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES Upon, completion of this lesson' planthe student should: vessels studied (passen- 1. Be able to list (or name) the nine common ger ships, ferryboat; cargo ship,, tanker,U.S. Coast Guard ship, airdraft carrier, submarine,tugboat,and firebbat) and describe how each vesselis used. that it is affected bV ocean 2. Explain what a shipping route is and currents. navigational guides, e.g., channelmarkers 3. Know the uses of certain and buoys. paragraphs any 4. Desc'ribe with original drawings and/dt written field trip experiences. 2a 5 Shipping, 'Ships and Waterways. Overview This unit is designed to use bothwhole class instruction as well as individual project work and(if possible) field trip experiences. A suggested procedure covering three -four weeks is as follows: Discussion with class of types of-vesselsand their Week I Day 1-2 general purposes and design. Reinforce with trans- parencies made from enclosed frawings Day 3 Assign group projects (examplehandout provided) Day 4-5 Research teams begin work, startletter writing and visit (school) library for orientationby librarian - perhapsincluding overview of books/materialsdisplay in library on shipping' materials Weeks II-III Research teams given some inclass time todiscuss otherwise class continues, (As Desifed) progress or shave informatibn on regular topics to class on Week IV Research teams given opportunity to report their work, opportunityxis providedfor team members. to show display slides orgive demonstrations. Teams may want to invite aspeaker and provisioik are made to conclude the unitwith a field trip to visit a shipping port and/or a large vessel. j 0 2b 3 'Planning and. Preparations ;for Teaching suitable field experiences' 1. Locate a ship to be visited or other and speakers. A listof suggestions is included as appendix A. A field trip activity is also suggeted. slide.supplement for this unit . 2. Order, if desired,-the 35 mat color from: Instructional Systems Center, O Shibles Hall University of Maine at Orono - Orono, Maine. 04469 O (small fee for postage and handling will be charged. The useof this color slide set ishelpful but not frssolutely necessary in the unit. A listing ofIthe slides is included asappendix B. Prepare.transparen'cies and/or paper copies-Ff Figures 1 - 15. 4. These drawings were prepared to providepictoral details about the various ship types.A list of these figures is inappendix C. 4. Arrange with the school or locallibrarian to put together a .display of books on ships and shIpPing. A.risef-ul,book for general referencefor this unit wnich is up to date, readable,andextremely well illustrated is: Super Boats by .John Gabriel Navarra 1 Doubleday,& Cp., New York, 1977. of this book be.available Itis strongly suggested that a.copy L to feed interests aroused'bythis unit. To supplement the figures, your class may enjoyusing: / Looking Inside Ship's Throught40Ages by David Sharp 111 Rand McNally & Co., Chicago,1976. A bibliography. Of books and alistof instructional films iS to P included s,t-the end of this unit. 4 I r- d would enhance the understanding of shipdesign if the class hjSd%. science oriented experiences on flotation,buoyancy and, water wave action. Activitiesto supplement the understandingof these areas could be completed in the social studies class orcould be refe;-red to the science teacher. ;These activities are Kesented as appendix D. / Additionally -cooperative Music (appendixE). Math (appendix 4) and Language-Arts or Engiishr(appendixG) teachers may waQt to participate. Materials included foo4their use-could beused in SiAial.Studies class if you desire. 6. As the unit is started you may desire todistribute a copy of the next page which suggests possibleapproaches for group work. a , 14 t -u 5 4. Shipping, Ships and Waterways . Yourgroupiwill study at least two of