All Videos Tagged sailing (Classroom 2.0) - Classroom 2.0

Connecting Students to their World

2014-09-28T23:29:51.935Z

Would you like to take part in the world's first virtual tour of the planet for educators and students?
http://beautifulnationproject.org
The Beautiful Nation Project (BNP) is an experiential learning project designed to connect students with Earth and each other. Its mission is to teach and promote global citizenship.

BNP presents life from the vantage point of the sea to help bring its mission to life. We are a crew of women, educators, scientists, artists and explorers - citizens of the sea - a limitless, beautiful nation without borders and the hindering politics of mankind. Traveling around the globe by sailboats, ships, and marine research vessels - the Voyage of Makulu is our collective journey on the sea.

The Voyage of Makulu begins in the United State's coastal cities and makes its way towards the Equator to the coastal communities and delicate islands of the Caribbean, South Pacific and Asia. Our focus is on water, its ubiquity, and our interconnection as a result of water on planet Earth.

BNP expands the missions of two leading education nonprofits, Reach the World and Agastya. Our platform for engagement is a geosocial network. It is a free resource for educators, students and anyone interested in exploring planet Earth from the vantage point of the sea.

Through the network, educators and their students gain access to:

+ real-time interactions with global explorers (webcast, podcast, videocalls)
+ digital media stories for Grades 2-8
+ citizen science data collection, tools and resources for measuring water quality
+ classroom-to-classroom connections for project-based learning and collaborative data analysis
+ badges for students and educators in global competence (educators can earn accreditation through the NMC Academy)

Research on literacy (Pearson Foundation) in the digital age indicates that there is a growing need for projects like BNP that teach critical thinking and problem-solving on a global scale. The Beautiful Nation Project has the power to make core science learning a lifelong passion for students across borders!

Vendee Globe Celebration

2009-05-24T15:20:42.820Z

US Skipper Rich Wilson joined the other 29 VG skippers and 120,000 people on the beach in Les Sables d'Olonne for the Vendee Globe prize-giving ceremony on May 23rd. Wilson, the only US competitor, came in ninth out of 30 skippers who began the epic race in November 2008. To see the full video and photos link to: http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/media/videos/

Samantha Davies Gives a Geography Lesson as she sails the Vendee Globe

2008-12-13T05:19:52.355Z

Samantha Davies, one of the two woman sailing in the Vendee Globe, gives a short geography lesson describing her travels. Students can track all of the sailboat racers competing in the epic Vendee Globe race via the http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en website To follow Samantha Davies http://www.roxysailing.com/ To follow all of the skippers in the Vendee Globe http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en To follow the US competitor in the Vendee Globe http://ehrweb01.aaas.org/sail/

Loick Peyron Demasted While Sailing

2008-12-13T05:06:21.429Z

Loick Peyron's Open 60 Gitana Eighty, which was lying in third place in the Vendee Globe, has dismasted in the middle of the Southern Ocean. Here Loick Peyron describes the damage as he heads to shore in Freemantle, WA. Students can track racers, including US Skipper Rich Wilson, via the http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en site.

Skipper Rich Wilson

2008-06-22T19:04:41.677Z

Here is an article in the Boston Globe, June 22, 2008 where Sam Allis writes about Skipper Rich Wilson as he prepares for the Vendee Globe in 2008.
Source: Boston Globe|Date: Jun 22, 2008|By: Sam Allis
www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/06/22/catching_a_breeze_copping_some_zs