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Katy Day pg. 1

Katy Day: Voyage Journal

A Mystic Seaport interpreter records her "unforgettable and exciting" day sailing out of New London.

Ishmael’s Plankton Net: Teaching Marine Science Aboard the Charles W. Morgan

“What are you doing?” he asks. Accustomed to such questions, Molly responds with one enthusiastic word: “Science!”

Edward Uncas

Jason Mancini: Connecticut Indian Mariners

A resource set for educators, including digital maps revealing the global traveling histories of American Indian mariners.

Surprise! You are a young man transported back to the 1800s. You will create an authentic whaling journal that will include not only daily entries but ads, estimated profits, a chart of the journey, an original scrimshaw design and perhaps even a song.

Sara Reed: 4 Lesson Plans on American Whaling & a Student Project

A history teacher presents materials for 8th-10th grades.

"Ship logs contain descriptions of weather conditions as the ships passed through different pressure systems. Modern climatologists have taken advantage of such diligent recordings to detect long-term weather trends."

The Pressure Is On: From Whales to Conservation

In this era of technological innovation, the whalers leave a legacy that they never could have imagined.

Stellwagen Bank NMS Oceans Live

NOAA: OceansLive broadcasts from the Morgan

The arrival of the whaleship Charles W. Morgan was the inspiration for a series of live web-television shows that detailed transitions in science, art and society from whaling days to today.

A. E. Doyle: Flat Stanley

A. E. Doyle: Flat Stanley Clayton W. Morgan

"Travel with me! Learn about people, places, and the way things work!"

Finney: Experiential learning

Suzanne Finney: Experiential Learning and Archaelogy

"How does experiential learning work when it’s the instructor who had the experience and not the students? "

AE Doyle pg. 1

A. E. Doyle: Voyage Journal

A Voyager and her alter ego, Flat Stanley, share photos and sketches of friends made while on the Morgan.

"Though the Clerk of the Weather insist, / And lay down the weather-law, / Pintado and gannet they wist / That the winds blow whither they list / In tempest or flaw."

Wyn Kelley: ‘The Winds Blow Whither They List’

New Media Literacy, Participatory Culture, and the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan