Building a Bevin's Sailing Skiff
at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum

The Sixth Grade class at Truro Central School has embarked on the journey of their young lives.  During the next 3 months, we will travel to the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis, MA to build a Bevin's Skiff.  We will post photos of each week's progress here. The Bevin's Skiff was conceived as a hands-on math experience by Building to Teach--a program of the Alexandria Seaport Foundation.  ​Special thanks to the Cape Cod Maritime Museum and their wonderful Cook Boat Shop volunteers for being our STEAM partners!

What Does a Scientist Look Like? What Does a Scientist Do?
I am Ocean Minded.

To prepare for NOAA Ocean Day at TCS (Wednesday, March 22), please complete the following:

1) Think about what a scientist looks like. What are they wearing? Where are they? What other things are with them? Once you have the image in your mind, draw the scientist. Then, in a few sentences, write about what a scientist does. (Ms. Wood has handouts for you to do this work.)

2) When you are finished with that, please read this article and answer the following question:
http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-news/how-you-can-help-ocean
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  • What does it mean to be "OCEAN MINDED"? What are some things that you as a 6th or 5th grader can do to be ocean minded?  Be thoughtful. Be specific. Give examples. You may talk about this part of the assignment with someone at your table.You may handwrite your response or word process it and print out a copy. 

OK Go: "The One Moment"

  • How were science, technology, engineering, art, and/or math used to create this video?
  • In the “behind the scenes” video, Damian Kulash, the lead singer of the band and director of the video, suggests that the video and the song are a metaphor for life—that just like they had “One take. One shot. One moment.” to complete the video, we as human beings need to think about using our personal “one moments” to make a difference. Why do you think they chose to slow down 4.2 seconds video to go along with the entire song?  What is “one moment” in your life when you feel you made a positive impact on your world?  What is something good you would like to do in the future that could make an impact?

The video is a part of a campaign by Morton Salt called Walk Her Walk to encourage people to make a difference. They highlight five inspiring individuals and their organizations. What connections can you make to A Long Walk to Water and "The Giraffe Project"?
BEHIND THE SCENES
FULL VIDEO

Rocking the Boat:
TCS 6th Grade Featured in
​The Barnstable Patriot

The Bevin's Skiff project was a feature article in The Barnstable Patriot on Friday, November 20.  Click here to read the article!

A LONG WALK TO WATER read-aloud

THE FINEST HOURS read-aloud