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National Sailing Hall of Fame

Sail Area Calculations

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Do bigger sails mean that the sailboat goes faster? Middle and high schoolers compare sailboats, and learn that simply calculating sail area is not enough. A slideshow presentation demonstrates how to calculate the Sail...
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Curated OER

Sailing Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, learners read 14 clues that pertain to sailing. Students figure out the answers to the clues and put them in a crossword puzzle.
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young adventurers embark on a journey, setting sail along the blue ocean with Christopher Columbus. Teachers will find that this unit makes their lesson planning smooth sailing!
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Curated OER

Sailing Ships

For Students K - 2nd
In this comparison learning exercise, students study 3 sailing ships and circle the ship that is not identical to the other two. This learning exercise contains 4 rows of ships to compare.
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Education World

Every Day Edit - Columbus Sets Sail

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical errors in a short paragraph about Columbus. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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University of Florida

Sailing to St. Augustine

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Using a Florida map from 1597, young explorers consider the physical characteristics they would need in a site for a new colony and the resources they would need to survive. After selecting a site, class members research to discover the...
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National Sailing Hall of Fame

Introduction to Sailboats

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The left part of the boat is called what? An informative lesson plan and accompanying slideshow presentation introduce middle schoolers to the terminology and parts associated with a sailboat.
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Curated OER

Sail Ho! Pirate Ship Coloring Page

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this pirate ship coloring page worksheet, learners color a picture of a pirate ship sailing through a storm. They read a short sentence about the ship which is above the picture.
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Computer Science Unplugged

Treasure Hunt—Finite-State Automata

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Introduce your class to the concept of finite-state automata with an activity that asks individuals to try to map their way to Treasure Island by taking different routes though an island chain. Each island has two ship sailing...
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Curated OER

I Saw a Ship A-Sailing

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students read a classic Mother Goose nursery rhyme called I Saw a Ship A-Sailing. Students color the picture that accompanies the poem.
Handout
New Bedford Whaling Museum

A New Bedford Voyage!

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
A thorough set of activities, articles, and reference material can enlighten your class about the history of whaling in New England. Kids travel back to a time when whale products were valuable and hunting whales was a way to help the...
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Curated OER

Adding Up

For Students 1st - 2nd
Sail through the land of three addends with this nautical-themed addition learning exercise. Scholars begin by using mental math to add seven sets of three numbers located on sailboats. Next, they apply this concept to eight horizontally...
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Curated OER

Sailing, Sailing

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Christopher Columbus worksheet, students discuss 3 questions about ships and Christopher Columbus. Students then color the image of the ship.
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Curated OER

The Sarantine Mosaic: Fiction and History

For Students 9th - 12th
Be sure your readers understand The Sarantine Mosaic with this quiz. Multiple-choice but still detailed, the assessment provides answers once it is submitted online. Make sure students have finished reading before they take this quiz or...
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Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: The N Ending

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Never fear, N is here! Practice matching words that end in the letter N with their corresponding pictures. Kids glue the words onto the sails of a ship that include each picture.
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Curated OER

Word Search -ail

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word search learning exercise, students find 14 words ending in "ail." Words include nail, frail, ail, mail, trail, sail, and detail.
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Curated OER

Sailing West: Admiral Zheng He's Voyages

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Zheng He worksheet, students read about the famous Chinese explorer Zheng He and answer fill in the blanks and short answer questions about him. Students complete 22 questions total.
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Read Works

Columbus Was an Explorer

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Get the inside scoop on the European explorer, Christopher Columbus, with a response to reading activity that requires scholars to answer who, what, why, when, and a variety of other questions about the word crew.  
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Curated OER

Homophones Puzzle

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this homophone worksheet, students solve a jigsaw puzzle by matching homophones with their correct words. Example include rode-rowed, sale-sail, etc.
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Curated OER

Hang on Homophones!

For Students K - 1st
In this homophones worksheet, students match the picture with the correct word. Homophones include one-won, wail-whale, sail-sale, etc.
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Curated OER

Sail Through History: American West and History of Medicine

For Students 5th - 6th
In these reading strategies worksheets, students learn reading hints, tips and the S.A.I.L. reading strategy. Students use the methods to learn about American history and the history of medicine.
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Curated OER

Mayflower

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this Mayflower worksheet, young scholars color a large picture of the Mayflower. Students then do research and find out what supplies the Pilgrims brought with them, and write these on the sails.
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Curated OER

Thanksgiving Mayflower Order to 50 (B)

For Students 1st - 4th
In this Thanksgiving Mayflower ordering numbers worksheet, students place the numbers on eight sails of eight boats in order from least to greatest on the lines provided.
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Curated OER

Boy Scout Badge: Small-Boat Smalling

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Boy Scout Badge activity worksheet, students complete a form of required information in order to obtain the small boat sailing badge.

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