WhaleSail offers 13-16 year old participants a once in a lifetime adventure watching whales up close and personal in their natural habitat while sailing aboard Spirit of Massachusetts. WhaleSail is a one-week adventure and ocean exploration for students to explore the marine environment and watch endangered large whales, while learning the time honored art of seafaring.
Through investigations with PCCS scientist and researchers, participants will observe whales while learning data collection and photo identification techniques, collect plankton samples, perform oceanographic experiments, visit historic sites and museums and share sea songs, games and stories.
Participants will learn sail and line handling, navigation, make sailor's knots and splices, perform lookouts and safety duties, as well as many other skills necessary to keep a ship safe on her course.
Points of interest include:
- Gerry E. Studds-Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- Jefferys Ledge and Platts Bank
- Great South Channel
- Elizabeth Islands in Vineyard Sound
- Fishing ports, including Gloucester, MA and New Bedford, MA
- New Bedford Whaling Museum
- Nantucket Whaling Museum
- Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
For application materials or to register for WhaleSail, please call 1-800-724-7245 or email at mail@oceanclassroom.org or visit OCF at www.oceanclassroom.org.
For more information on MassSail programs and/or curriculum, please contact:
Joanne M. Jarzobski
Marine Education Director
masssail@coastalstudies.org
508-487-3623 x107 |
