Drama (Tlingit vs. Western) Tlingit Song Sea Chanteys (movement) w/fundraising concert Folk Songs Films: Kipling, Tall Ships Literature	Museum/Library         Research Projects: Boat as historical/cultural link Anthropology Art Boat Shop   Shop Safety Tool Skills Scale Model Construction Full Size Temporary (Stage Prop) CAD/ Boat Design - displacement/flare The Real Boat Teamwork, Mentoring	Forest The materials we use to build our boats will lead us to a study of forest ecology, sustainable harvests, and the life cycles which link our material (wood), to the ocean upon which we will launch our boats. We note that Tlingit traditions have long embraced recent scientific views about these cycles.
ClassRoom Science/Math: Geometry Trigonometry (flare calculations) Physics (Archimedes, hydrodynamics, foils) Fractions (isotope mixtures) Chemistry: Atomic Structure, Isotopes (models) -links to forest ecology Philosophy/Guidance: Creative Visualization Writing Personal Sea Story		Ocean   Community launch celebration World Classroom Connections USCG field trip
	Pool Cold Water Survival/ Swamped Boat Safety Basic Boat Handling/ Swimming Skills

Program Elements

• Project Based Curriculum
• Community Partnerships
  • Museum
  • Cold-Water Survival
  • Boating Safety
    • USCG and Auxiliary
    • State of Alaska DNR
    • AMSEA
  • Tlingit Elders/Sealaska?
  • Public Concert (Sea Chanteys)
  • (Tlingit) theatre group?

• USCG and Auxiliary
• AMSEA
• Augustus Brown Swimming Pool
• Outdoor Beach Launch Site
• Forest Location
• Museum
• Library
• Public Concert Hall (Sea Chanteys)
• Sawmill (private)

Lessons I have learned about boatbuilding with kids

• Wooden Boats Family Boatbuilding '98: 60 families, 60 boats, 1 weekend!!!
• Family Boatbuilding at Wooden Boat 99: 52 families, 52 boats!!
• Mike Hanley's Anchorage 5th grade class build's Larry Westlake's "Yukon"
• Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory Youth Programs: hands-on learning for youth at risk (another article
• Building Bridges, Building Boats, a high school program to build the local "Hudson River shad boat"
• Rocking the Boat in the Bronx, where Adam Green recruited teenage volunteers with sidewalk posters! Also, NY Times and Bronx Beat articles on the project.
• Bevin Sciff: a good simple family boatbuilding project

• Wooden Boat Magazine's "Community Boatbuilding Manual" ($12.95)
• The Butz/Montague "6 Hour Canoe" and "Weekend Skiff" each have excellent "community boatbuilding" chapters at the end, about building boats in groups.

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Contact:  Fritz Funk (fritzf@alaska.net)