Partnership with Anne Arundel County Public Schools

STEM Program

In the Schools

9th Grade STEM Why Sail & How to Move your Boat•6 weeks •10 to 12 class periods for each student• Intro to the physics of sailing• Field trip to NSHOF & USNA

10th Grade STEMFinding Your Way on Land &

Water

•8 weeks •14 – 16 class periods•Compass Work•Topographic Maps & Nautical Charts•Laying out a challenge course

Sailing Summer Bridge – Level 1

2010 & 2011 – Twenty Novice Sailors

•8 days (9 – 3) – groups of 4•Mornings in the classroom: boat basics, weather, knots, & charts then to more in depth physics of sailing•Afternoons on 6 - 7 different boats in 8 days with coach

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Sailing Summer Bridge – Level 2

2011 – Twenty with some Sailing Experience

•8 days (9 – 3) – groups of 4•Mornings in the classroom: BVI and passage to St. Martin challenge•4 boat options with specs and polars•BVI weather data & Anegada Passage weather data

•Plan and plot daily movements, trip log based on weather data and polars•Afternoons on the water with coaches

Other Opportunities / Outcomes

• A new high school sailing team was born from new 2010 STEM sailors & two experienced sailors

• Three boys (one from Level 1 and two from Level 2) were invited to race for the Governor’s Cup and their boat took 3rd in class.

• Marine and Maritime Career Fair jointly sponsored by NSHOF, AACPS and the Eastport Yacht Club Foundation

• Invitations to participate in festivities of the Santa Maria Cup Women’s Match Racing Championship – Olympic bound teams