a) Name and describe your ship.
b) Write a story about your journey (in your journal)
. Include in your story:
1. a character analysis of crew members
2. destination and preferred route
3. choose one disastrous situation
a)food shortage
b)storm at sea
4. a description of how you met the challenge
5. a minimum of five of the following words:
latitude longitude
current
southern hemisphere
high tide low tide
gulf stream
stratus clouds
global
coastline
hurricane
northern hemisphere
equator tides
satellite
nimbus clouds
a) Develop a glossary of geographic
and navigational terms introduced throughout
the project.
Keep this glossary in your journal.
b) Every day collect and record
longitude and latitude information and weather conditions
in your journal.
c) Each week, answer the following
question: "Was weather a factor in distance traveled
this week?"
Explain your answer in complete sentences as a journal entry.
3. Poetry
Using
the following poetry form "Cinquain" compose a poem about the Battleship
NJ.
Completed
project will be typed using Kid Pix Studio and presented as a slide show.
Below are a list
of places that will publish student work online.
4. Communicate
Compose
a letter to e-mail to the ship's captain. Before you begin, develop
a list of questions
you would
ask about life on a ship.
5. Classroom
Guest
Your teacher may invite a retired naval representative to speak to your
class about life aboard a
battleship. Prepare a set of discussion questions in your journal
for the speaker.
After the visit, don't forget to compose a thank you letter to the speaker.
It will be
typed and illustrated using the computer.
6. Project
Documentation
a) Create a pictorial documentation
of the Battleship NJ project using the digital camera. Your project
will be posted
on this Web page.
b) Share your project with the community.
Take pictures and write articles for the local newspaper.
7. Student
Jobs
Various
jobs will be available throughout this project. You must apply for
the job(s) you want in
the classroom
and list the reasons why you should be selected for that job.Your teacher
will give you
a list
of job descriptions.
9. Field Trips
a) Steven's Institute of Technology
in Hoboken, NJ.
Davidson Lab Wave Tank
b) Philadelphia, Pa. Naval Yard
Welcome the Battleship home
c) Staten Island, NY.
Coast Guard Station
