Class Afloat: The Classroom Program 1996-97

Concordia, the route, the satellite, the link through us to you! Click here to see how it all works!

For the 1996-97 school year, Ocean Challenge is offering a unique program to middle and elementary school teachers which will link your classroom to the students aboard Concordia during this remarkable voyage. Excite, inspire and motivate your students this year with this unique program!

"It's the only program we're doing in school that is really happening instead of just pretending." ...6th grade student, Merion, PA

Class Afloat: The Classroom Program 1996-97 includes:

Videocassette: Class Afloat: Concordia Sails the World!
Travel below decks and visit the students and crew of Concordia as they sail the world. Footage from Class Afloat '95-96 in the Suez Canal and Indian Ocean, the Durban to Cape Town leg of Class Afloat '94-'95, the '94-'95 Boston homecoming, and the '94-'95 New York to Boston leg!!

Class Afloat World Tracking Map
Plot Concordia's journey on this terrific map (42 inches high by 56 inches wide) selected from the Defense Mapping Agency.

Class Afloat Teacher's Guides:
Elementary: Fall semester themes (correlated to 4 Class Afloat News each) on Exploration and Oceans; 3 spring semester themes on Cultural Diversity, Peace and Folktales. Easy to use with regional information, background building, literature connections and activities for social studies, language arts, science and math, as well as theme-long activities.

Middle: Student teams for geography; history; environmental issues; technology and live support; nutrition & health; sailing, navigation and weather; cultures; economics and trade; politics; life skills. Also, worksheets, regional information, bios and photos of students, faculty and crew, and itinerary and port stop mailing addresses.

Both guides reflect the extraordinary multidisciplinary aspects of an ocean journey around the world: geography, world history, cultures, science, math, weather and wildlife, as well as planning, decision-making, discipline, confidence, teamwork, and tolerance.

Class Afloat News
A bi-weekly newsletter (8 Fall issues from September 9 to December 16; 12 Spring issues from January 20 to June 23) featuring Concordia's Ship's Log, Student Journals and a special student Regional Reflection, Q&A between students on shore and students at sea (e-mail, fax or mail your students' best question - the best of the best will be relayed by satellite to Concordia!), Extra! Extra!, Quotable Quote, Quiz, and a special Teacher's Page containing Teaching Activities for Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Math and more.

Fall Semester (8 bi-weekly Class Afloat News) - only $124.95US!
Spring Semester (12 bi-weekly Class Afloat News) - only $174.95US!
Full Year (20 bi-weekly Class Afloat News) - only $249.95US!
Sign up today! For about $5 per student per winter and/or spring semester, your class will experience and learn from the wonder and adventure shared by Concordia's students while they cross the Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Red, Black and Mediterranean Seas, and then the Atlantic and Baltic!

To Catch Up with Concordia...
Order your Class Afloat: The Classroom Program 1996-97 today!
Send a school Purchase Order or check payable to Ocean Challenge, Inc., specifying elementary or middle school guides, along with your name, school, address, city, state, zip code, grade(s), subject(s) and telephone number to:

Class Afloat: The Classroom Program 1996-97
c/o Ocean Challenge, Inc.
20 Park Plaza, Suite 424
Boston, MA 02116

For a ready to use Order Form, click here, print and mail with your check or P.O.

For a free brochure with more details, call, fax or e-mail us at Ocean Challenge:
tel: 1-800-890-3049
tel: 1-617-357-0055
fax: 1-617-357-0056
email: ocean@oceanchallenge.com

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