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Wentworth Intermediate
School. Long Island, ME. Joanne Stuart. 3rd grade
Capt. John Stuart. F/V St. Peter. Long Island, ME
May
2003, Part I
Students
and 19 parents visited Captain Stuart on the St. Peter and actually
hauling traps! We had a great time talking with Captain Stuart,
reviewing what we had learned about his boat and fishing. A
'mini-quiz' at the dock! From here were ventured through the
conservation area to visit our beaver lodge and look at the
trees felled to date as a result of his handy work. We had a
break on the rocks in the harbor (where Captain Stuart moors
his boats). Then onto visit the school and down to wreck cove
for low tide discoveries in tide pools and along the waters
edge. Once completed we made our way to the only store on the
Island (Long Island Store) and the Post Office. Pammy gave us
all bubble gum as we explored her tiny mail room. Then it was
time to head back to the wharf and head home. As soon as we
stepped on the boat the sky let loose with rain. We were lucky
not to have experienced that rain along our trip on the island.
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The Long Island trip group |
Capt Stuart greets his visitors |
Capt Stuart and a hapless lobster
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Exploring Long Island harbor shore |
More explorations in tidal pools |
Sea urchin
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May
2003, Part II
Captain Stuart gave the class scallop shells at various stages
of their development to explore. At the end of our exploration,
we decided to paint the scallops and keep or give as special
gifts to loved ones. They sure do look beautiful and many illustrate
our learning over the past few months. We can't wait to see
the video of Captain Stuart on the Joanne Marie. We have heard
tales, but have yet to see the Captain work with his vessel
and drag.
The photos below show the clean shells ready for painting, the
tables ready for our project with the pre-drawing sheet in place
to use as a guide while painting the shells. You will also see
the completed table of shells. Finally, a few students holding
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May
2003, Part III
Boy did
we have fun at the Department of Marine Resources Aquarium in
Boothbay, Maine on May 23rd, the first day they opened. We were
the first class to visit; what an honor. And what a great way
to see the sea creatures we had studied in their habitats. |
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May
2003, Part IV
Here is our culminating activity, after our trip to Long Island
of course, our play, "People in the Water, Lobster on the
Boat'. The play was a result of our class working with the High
School children's theatre group. The HS students wrote the play
and our class performed all of the roles and narrators. We have
the play on video as well, if you would like to see or have
us share. It was a fun way to work with older students and share
our knowledge of the sea creatures in Casco Bay and how they
would co-exist, including the fishermen.
The trap was a mathematical challenge ( 36 times the actual
size), but we< took each step slowly and worked out what we
would need. The trap at 6 feet tall was a bit unruly though,
so we made an executive decision to decrease the height to
4 and 1/2 feet so we could move it on and off the stage. Hope
you enjoy the slides.
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This thing is going to be big! |
It's taking shape! |
Now the hoops are in...
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Dress rehearsal |
The Narrators |
Starfish and scallop
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The crabs... get stuck in the trap, too! |
Big Joe and Mr. Jones |
Curtain call to applause! |
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January
2003
from Joanne Stuart and the Stuart's crew of the Sea ( another of
the student's ideas)
Operation "L" : This is the name the class has given to
our study of lobstering. We are
entering the Operation"S" phase soon ( That would be for
our study of scalloping )
The "Your Neighbor" section of the Portland Press Herald
January 9th issue (which often features a teacher) highlighted me
and the Adopt-a-Boat program(see
article).
I have attached photos of a class where we used a device called the
Dukane Camera to project images from a book on to a large TV monitor
screen in the library. It was great!. We learned about the lobster
life cycle from zoo plankton to adult and the irregular lobsters such
as the blue and white. The class was especially fascinated by the
new claw growing where once a large crusher claw stood. After this
reading and discussion period, we went online to send e-mails to Captain
Stuart who has already responded with answers and a couple of math
questions for us to solve. He has asked us to help him know money
gained ( catch and sale - fuel cost) and money lost ( traps lost in
a storm in December). We'll get right on it! |
"The pictures
look great!"
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The Lobster Life Cycle
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Reading Gangsters
of the Sea
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November
2002
YEAH!!!
Captain Stuart will be coming into the classroom this week with
lobsters and gear. He will leave a trap, car, small scallop drag
and other small related items for classroom discussion and investigation.
As an outline to our program which will be focused on "cycles",
we plan 3 visits in the classroom and a culminating trip to Long
Island in May to see his boat and the island. We will discuss lobstering
and scalloping and Jeb will visit the classroom during his transition
times. I have given the kids their pre-survey and will forward to
you soon. I had them come up with some questions for Captain Stuart
and will take pictures of this event on Monday ( November 18th ).
I also have a parent who has volunteered to do the scrap booking
for this unit.
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The day in the classroom was great. Please note that two of the
three lobsters were returned to the sea that day. Captain Stuart
brought the female and the short to the classroom for authentic
demonstrations only. Check out the photos from Capt. Stuart's visit:
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