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Partnership with Anne Arundel County Public Schools STEM Program

Partnership with Anne Arundel County Public Schools STEM Program. In the Schools. 9 th Grade STEM Why Sail & How to Move your Boat 6 weeks 10 to 12 class periods for each student Intro to the physics of sailing Field trip to NSHOF & USNA . 10 th Grade STEM

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Partnership with Anne Arundel County Public Schools STEM Program

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  1. Partnership with Anne Arundel County Public Schools STEM Program

  2. In the Schools 9th Grade STEM Why Sail & How to Move your Boat • 6 weeks • 10 to 12 class periods for each student • Intro to the physics of sailing • Field trip to NSHOF & USNA

  3. 10th Grade STEM Finding Your Way on Land & Water • 8 weeks • 14 – 16 class periods • Compass Work • Topographic Maps & Nautical Charts • Laying out a challenge course

  4. Sailing Summer Bridge – Level 1 2010 & 2011 – Twenty Novice Sailors • 8 days (9 – 3) – groups of 4 • Mornings in the classroom: boat basics, weather, knots, & charts then to more in depth physics of sailing • Afternoons on 6 - 7 different boats in 8 days with coach

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  6. Sailing Summer Bridge – Level 2 2011 – Twenty with some Sailing Experience • 8 days (9 – 3) – groups of 4 • Mornings in the classroom: BVI and passage to St. Martin challenge • 4 boat options with specs and polars • BVI weather data & Anegada Passage weather data

  7. Plan and plot daily movements, trip log based on weather data and polars • Afternoons on the water with coaches

  8. Other Opportunities / Outcomes • A new high school sailing team was born from new 2010 STEM sailors & two experienced sailors • Three boys (one from Level 1 and two from Level 2) were invited to race for the Governor’s Cup and their boat took 3rd in class.

  9. Marine and Maritime Career Fair jointly sponsored by NSHOF, AACPS and the Eastport Yacht Club Foundation • Invitations to participate in festivities of the Santa Maria Cup Women’s Match Racing Championship – Olympic bound teams

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