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MARITIME EXPLORATIONS THROUGH
TIME AND SPACE

A program for grades 4- 6.

Students will have a time travel experience that takes them back 400+ years to many places around the globe!


Students will be challenged with activities incorporating:

Geography

Mathematics

Critical Thinking

Artistic Endeavors

Docents will work with students, in small groups, at discovery stations throughout the museum. Each station is approximately 1/2 hour in length. Students will rotate through 3 to 4 educational docent-led activities, dependent upon museum availability.

This program is designed for classes of 30-35 students, for a single grade class, or a combination of 2 consecutive grades within grades 4-6.  For smaller groups or mixed grades, please see the Maritime Adventures program.

If your students have special needs, please be sure to let us know in advance so that we can accommodate our program to best meet their needs.

Student activities:

Museum docents will provide 3-4 activities from those listed below, depending upon availability.

LIFE OF A SAILOR

Students absorb details about sailors’ lives aboard wooden sailing ships on ocean voyages in centuries past. What they learn is reinforced by the opportunity to perform several of the sailors’ daily tasks – including the treatment of scurvy!

SEASCAPE ART AND DRAWING TECHNIQUES

Students explore art concepts and techniques through several different art masterpieces from contemporary times to the Dutch Masters art of the 1600s. They apply what they learned when they sketch the beginning of their own masterpiece, which they can finish back at school or at home.

AGE OF EXPLORATION

Students follow early nautical explorers and their contributions to the exploration and discovery of North America. Module activities incorporate geography, critical thinking, and creative writing skills.


ASIATIC EXPEDITIONS

Focuses on Chinese Treasure Ships that sailed between 1405 and 1433. Students engage in an interactive exercise to identify cargo items carried by these ships. Students also identify China’s trading partners, increasing their knowledge of the geography of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.


THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WHALES

Students will be captivated by a docent/naturalist talk about the different types of whales that travel the California coast.

CHANNEL ISLANDS

Students explore the geography, topography, plant and animal life of each of the 5 islands with a video and docent explanation.  They identify different animals that live on each separate island.

ON-THE-WATER EXPERIENCE (MUSEUM PARTNER) *ADDITIONAL FEES APPLY

This “on-board” experience offers an innovative approach to heighten students’ understanding of the marine environment.

Maritime Explorations Through Time & Space: History

POST-FIELD TRIP ACTIVITY FILES

POST FIELD TRIP ACTIVITY

POST FIELD TRIP ACTIVITY ANSWER KEY

Maritime Explorations Through Time & Space: Files
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