Mathematics Curriculum Link | Follow the Voyage

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Green = Also Recommended For These Grade Levels

Operation and Algebraic Thinking

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

Activity	Grade
Hands-On Activity: Beaufort Winds Scale Matching Game (2-digit #s)	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 Dice Game: Built The TS Kennedy (+Facts)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Hands-On Dice Game: Built The TS Kennedy (x Facts)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Numbers and Operations in Base Ten

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
Hands-On Activity: Lifeboat STEM Challenge	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Sheet: Lifeboat Mathematics	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Poem & Activities: Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes!	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Book: The Cape Cod Canal By The Numbers (History &Math)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Numbers and Operations in Fractions

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

Activity	Grade
Student Task: Mangrove Mathematics (fractions, decimals)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

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

Activity	Grade
Poem &Activities: I Sailed On Half A Ship (1/2)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Sheet: Sea Term Flag Fractions	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Cookbook & Student Sheet: Barbados – 4 Recipes With Problems	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
Student Sheet: Problem Solving With Fractions (Habitat 4 Humanity)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Measurement and Data

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

Activity	Grade
Hands-On Activity: The Cheez-It Challenge (Prob. Solving)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Hands-On Activity: Telling Time At Sea	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Teacher Tips: Telling Time At Sea	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Task: Creating A Ship’s Time Schedule	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Task: Measuring The TS Kennedy (Prob. Solving)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Poem & Activities: It’s Hot! It’s Hot! (Graphing)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Task: Focus On Fathoms And Feet (Conversions)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

You may wish to use the following activity while the IMB cadets are in Singapore & South Africa.

Activity	Grade
Student Task: Shipping Container Mathematics (Volume)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Group Activity: Where Was It Made? (Graphing)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Activity: Create A Scale Model Of A Shipping Container	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

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

Activity	Grade
Student Project: Design A Complete House For Habitat For Humanity	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Activity: Creating Floorplans To Match A Given Area	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Task: Conversion Of Measurement For Habitat For Humanity	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Activity: Searching For Lines And Angles – Habitat For Humanity	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Student Activity: Nuts & Bolts Sorting, Patterning, & Skip Counting	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS

Geometry

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

Activity	Grade
PowerPoint: Relative Bearings (Angles)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
PowerPoint: Colorful Mathematics: Signal Flags Lines & Angles	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
PowerPoint: The Colorful Shapes Of Signal Flags (Plane Shapes)	PK-1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	HS
Students Task: Sea Term Flags: Plane Shapes, Lines, & Angels	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.