At 0910 54 Students and chaperones joined
us for a 4 hour daysail.Here is a description of
the happenings from a few of today's students. Navigation
Learned about buoys, charts, latitude and
longitude, water depth, how to navigate
History
The boat, Morrissey, went to the Arctic to get
animals for the Bronx Zoo, the boat got stuck on
a lava shelf in Greenland, many songs written,
one is "Lovely Ernestina"
Simple Machines
Some types are levers, pulleys, blocks(named
because they were originally made from blocks of
wood), The experiment with the pulley was fun
Bow Watch
Its fun, a serious job, very important to
the ship so they dont hit anything,
different hand signals
At the Helm
Is a big part of sailing, without it, the boat
would not move, or would move and crash into
things and sink
Plankton
Some types are: seaweed, krill, shrimp, and
jellyfish
We took a
long bus ride this morning not knowing what to
expect. We walked across the plank to find that
the Ernestina is a fun ship. She is a two-masted
schooner, built in the 1890s. While on the
ship, we went to 5 educational stations, 3 before
lunch and 2 after lunch. They were Navigation,
History, Simple Machines, Bow Watch and Plankton.
At Navigation, we learned about charts, buoys,
latitude and longitude, water depth, and how to
navigate. It was lots of fun. Next we went to
History, where we learned about the Morrissey,
now called the Ernestina. A few interesting facts
are: the boat went to the Arctic to collect some
animals for the Bronx Zoo and once, when it
sailed to Greenland, it got stuck on a lava
shelf. From there we went to Simple Machines. We
learned about levers, pulleys, and blocks. Blocks
are called blocks because they used to be made
out of blocks of wood. We also played
"Tug-Of-War" with two people pulling
against 1 person pulling on a pulley. Guess who
won? The one person pulling with the pulley did.
That was also a lot of fun!
We went to the Bow Watch after
we had lunch. We learned some hand signals for
the different types of things in the water. We
signaled to the helm, where some students were
steering, so they knew what was in the water.
After that we went to the Plankton Station where
we learned some types of plankton. They are
seaweed, krill, shrimp, and jellyfish. There are
two types of plankton, zooplankton and
phyitoplankton.
We had lots of fun on this
ship, and we want to thank all of the crew for
helping us out and teaching us something. The
crewmembers included Gwen, Liz, Leda, Franco,
Frankie, Maryhelen, and Jessica. We also want to
thank our teacher Mrs. Parker. Thank-you for
making our trip a success!
By, Seventh grade Dighton
Middle School Students,
Vicki Pavao, Sarah Jefferson, Shawna Boucher, and
Sam Benevides
Later in the day, a member sail
took off from the pier from 5:30-8:30 pm with the
New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus aboard
(bottom two photos)
Captain: Willi Bank
Program Coordinator: MaryHelen Gunn
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