Science Curriculum Link | Follow the Voyage

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Earth's Systems

You may wish to use the following activity while the TS Kennedy is at sea.

Activity	Grade
Hands-On Experiment: Stacking Water (Density, Salinity)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

You may wish to use the following activity while the MSSEP cadets are visiting Bermuda.

Activity	Grade
Teacher Resource: Limestone Caves	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Engineering

You may wish to use the following activity while the TS Kennedy is at sea.

Activity	Grade
Hands-On Activity: Lifeboat STEM Challenge	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Hands-On Activity: Clay Boats	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Hands-On Activity: Buoyant Boats	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Links For Teachers: Desalination Activities & Videos (MS/HS)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Images For Teachers: Desalination Charts & Diagrams	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Links For Teachers: Ship Construction Slide Shows	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Links For Teachers: The Panama Canal & Locks	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

You may wish to use the following activity while the EM cadets are in Florida.

Activity	Grade
Handout With Leveled Activities: Tools Of The Day (Set Of 12)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

You may wish to use the following activity while ESE cadets are in Costa Rica.

Activity	Grade
Links For Teachers: Building A Model Zip-Line (Videos & History)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Links For Teachers: Building Dams With Students	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

History of the Sea

You may wish to use the following activity while the TS Kennedy is at sea.

Activity	Grade
Hands-On Activity: Sampling The Ocean Floor	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Hands-On Activity: The Unseen Ocean Floor	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Human Body

You may wish to use the following activity while the TS Kennedy is at sea.

Activity	Grade
PowerPoint: Exploring Sea Sickness	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Matter And Energy In Organisms And Ecosystems

You may wish to use the following activities while MSSEP cadets are visiting Bermuda.

Activity	Grade
Student Task: Mangrove Mathematics And Science	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Computer Game Descriptions: Mangroves	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Pollution/Ecology

You may wish to use the following activity while the TS Kennedy is at sea.

Activity	Grade
PowerPoint: Thrown Away! How Long Will It Stay?	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Activity: Making Predictions – Ocean Debris Top 10	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Ocean

You may wish to use the following activity while the TS Kennedy is at sea.

Activity	Grade
2020 Calendar One Atlantic Ocean Fact Per Day	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Simple Machines

You may wish to use the following activity while the EM cadets are in Florida.

Activity	Grade
Student Activity: Simple Machines – Habitat 4 Humanity	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Space Systems: Patterns And Cycles

You may wish to use the following activity while the TS Kennedy is at sea.

Activity	Grade
Student Recording Sheet: Locating The Big Dipper	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Hands-On Activity: A Star To Steer Her	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Hands-On Activity: Azimuth and Altitude	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Poem &Activities: Twinkle Twinkle (Florian)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Structure and the Properties of Matter

You may wish to use the following activity while the TS Kennedy is at sea.

Activity	Grade
Teaching Tips: Fire And Firefighting	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Hands-On Activity: Fire Triangle	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Sheet: Using A Fire Extinguisher	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Sheet: Types Of Fire	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Links For Teachers: Desalination Activities & Videos (ES)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Links For Teachers: Rust Experiments, Activities, & Videos (ES)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Links For Teachers: Rust Experiments, Activities, & Videos (MS HS)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Weather

You may wish to use the following activity while the TS Kennedy is at sea.

Activity	Grade
PowerPoint: The Plimsoll Line	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Hands-On Activity: Beaufort Winds Scale X Facts Game	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Hands-On Activity: Beaufort Winds Scale Matching Game (2-digit #s)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Poem &Activities: Today’s A Foggy, Foggy Day (Prelutsky)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Poem &Activities: Fog (Sandburg)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

This activity incorporates all of the winter experiences.

Activity	Grade
Poem & Activities: It’s Hot! It’s Hot! (Florian)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

You may wish to use the following activity while the EM cadets are in Florida.

Activity	Grade
Reader’s Theater: The Three Little Pigs And The MMA Cadets (H4H)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
PowerPoint: Analyzing The Data: Exploring Disney World’s Weather	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Welcome aboard the T.S.Kennedy! The cadets, crew, and I are thrilled that you are participating in the 2020 Follow the Voyage program. We are bound for many exciting ports of call. I know that there will be miles of learning ahead. Please watch for new entries to my Captain's Log. I welcome your comments and questions.

Most sincerely,
Captain Michael J. Campbell

Nautical Terms

Aft - The back of a ship. If something is located aft, it is at the back of the ship. The aft is also known as the stern.

All Hands - Entire ship’s company, both officers and enlisted personnel.

Aweigh - The position of anchor as it is raised clear of the bottom.

Bow - The front of the ship is called the bow. Knowing the location of the bow is important for defining two of the other most common sailing terms; port (left of the bow) and starboard (right of the bow).

Bridge - A structure above the weather deck, extending the full width of the vessel, which houses a command center, itself called by association, the bridge.

Deck Hand, “Decky” - A person whose job involves aiding the deck supervisor in (un) mooring, anchoring, maintenance, and general evolutions on deck.

Forward - The front of a ship. If something is located forward, it is at the front of the ship. This is also known as the bow.

Knot - A unit of speed: 1 nautical mile (1.8520 km; 1.1508 mi) per hour. Originally speed was measured by paying out a line from the stern of a moving boat. The line had a knot every 47 feet 3 inches (14.40 m) and the number of knots passed out in 30 seconds gave the speed through the water in nautical miles per hour.

Port - Port is always the left-hand side of the boat when you are facing the bow. Because “right” and “left” can become confusing terms when used in the open waters, port is used to define the left-hand side of the ship as it relates to the bow, or front.

Rack - The term to describe a bed aboard a ship.

Starboard - Starboard is always the right-hand side of the boat when you are facing the bow. Because “right” and “left” can become confusing sailing terms when used out in the open waters, starboard is used to define the right-hand side of the boat as it relates to the bow, or front.