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Amelia Earhart Elementary

Amelia Earhart Elementary. LIGHTHOUSE FOR RENT. Your parents have decided it is time for a VACATION! They know you are studying lighthouses in your class and think you should get to see one!. Your parents want you to choose a lighthouse to stay in for a whole week!. LIGHTHOUSE FOR RENT.

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Amelia Earhart Elementary

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  1. Amelia Earhart Elementary

  2. LIGHTHOUSE FOR RENT Your parents have decided it is time for a VACATION! They know you are studying lighthouses in your class and think you should get to see one!

  3. Your parents want you to choose a lighthouse to stay in for a whole week! LIGHTHOUSE FOR RENT Follow the directions to learn more about three historic Maine lighthouses.

  4. LIGHTHOUSE FOR RENT Using your worksheet as a guide, you will learn about the following: Where three historic Maine lighthouses are located. When the lighthouses were built. How tall the lighthouses are. When the lighthouses were automated.

  5. Bangor Augusta Portland Tour Maine Click on a lighthouse below to find out more information! Click on green words for their definition To return to this page click West Quoddy Head Lighthouse Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Cape Neddick “Nubble” Lighthouse FINISH

  6. West Quoddy Head Lighthouse Where America Greets the Day! • Farthest point east that can be driven to in the U.S. • Ocean directly beneath the tower is in another time zone! • First tower built in 1808 during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson • Replaced with current tower and keeper’s house in 1858

  7. West Quoddy Head Lighthouse • Automated • 1988 • Tower Height • 49 feet • Height of Focal Plane • 83 feet • Is the Lighthouse still working? • YES

  8. Bangor Augusta Portland Tour Maine Click on a lighthouse below to find out more information! Click on green words for their definition To return to this page click West Quoddy Head Lighthouse Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Cape Neddick “Nubble” Lighthouse FINISH

  9. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse • Built in 1827 at the cost of $2,800 • Re-built in 1835 with double walls • Keeper’s Quarters were not built until 1857

  10. Pemaquid Pont Lighthouse • Automated • 1934 • Tower Height • 38 feet • Height of Focal Plane • 79 feet • Is the Lighthouse still working? • YES

  11. Bangor Augusta Portland Tour Maine Click on a lighthouse below to find out more information! Click on green words for their definition To return to this page click West Quoddy Head Lighthouse Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Cape Neddick “Nubble” Lighthouse FINISH

  12. Cape Neddick Lighthouse • Maine’s southernmost lighthouse. • Built on a rocky island just off shore. • Because of this, its nickname is “Nubble Light” • It is only accessible by boat although a previous lightkeeper used to transport his child to the mainland for school in a hanging basket! The coastguard thought it was too dangerous and told him to stop.

  13. Nubble Light • Height of Focal Plane • 88 feet • Is the Lighthouse still working? • YES • Built in 1879 and cost $15,000 • Automated • 1987 • Tower Height • 41 feet

  14. Bangor Augusta Portland Tour Maine Click on a lighthouse below to find out more information! Click on green words for their definition To return to this page click West Quoddy Head Lighthouse Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Cape Neddick “Nubble” Lighthouse FINISH

  15. Early lighthouses used candles as a source of light. Lighthouse keepers and their families were kept busy keeping the candles lit, cleaning and polishing the lenses and tower windows. Lighthouses that are automated have electricity powered lamps. Automated Because of this, there is no need for lightkeepers to live in or next to lighthouses anymore.

  16. In order for the lighthouse light to be seen for long distances, lighthouses are built on cliffs or hills. The focal point is the light from the lamp 90 feet The distance of the lamp above the ocean is known as the focal plane height. Focal Plane

  17. Where are you going? Which lighthouse do you want to go to for your family vacation? Write about it then draw a picture for your parents! • Use a topic sentence to tell the lighthouse you want to visit. • Give 3 reasons why you chose that lighthouse. • Using MacDraw, draw the lighthouse you chose.

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