Program Highlights
Designed for Grades 3 & 4, this curriculum connected program takes an investigative approach using fun, hands-on learning experiences. Students will explore the museum’s 1962 side trawler, Cape Sable, in an engaging and informative manner.
Curriculum Outcomes
Mathematics
- understanding of numbers up to 1000
- adding and subtracting 1-, 2-, and 3-digit numbers
- multiplication
- repeating, increasing (growing), and decreasing (shrinking) patterns
- equality and inequality, length and mass in standard units (centimetres, metres, grams and kilograms)
- names of 3-D objects
- data collection
- understanding of numbers up to 10 000
- solving equations
- multiplication of 1-, 2-, and 3-digit numbers by a 1-digit number
Social Studies
- Students will learn about the people who live in their province: who they are and reasons why they chose to come to Nova Scotia.
- Learners will investigate the location of Nova Scotia in Atlantic Canada and its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean.
- Students will learn why events or people in our history are significant, what has changed over time, and why that change occurred.
- Students look at the significance of place and the interaction of humans and the environment.
- Learners will investigate the relationships between humans and the physical environment.
- Learners will investigate the physical landscape of Canada.
English Language Arts
- Listening for Communication and Comprehension: As students progress, they will refine their ability to listen, interpret messages accurately, and engage critically with the information they hear or take in. These skills are essential for effective participation in discussions, collaborative projects, and problem-solving activities.
Program Length
80 +/- minutes
Capacity
30
Cost
$4 per student
Activities
Students will begin their day with an introduction where they become “certified” vessel inspectors. Each student will receive a badge (sticker) to place on their shirt, a pencil, a mini clipboard and a vessel inspection booklet. Students will then be divided into small groups to ensure an engaging hands-on experience. The new inspectors will carry their clipboard and booklet to various stations to gather information about Cape Sable.
At the topographical map students will learn what Cape Sable is and where the vessel fished.
The launch tank will become the temporary fishing grounds, where students will use a conical net, like that of Cape Sable, to catch some faux fish and weigh their catch. Students will learn the species fished by Cape Sable.
On the wharf students will work together to stretch out a rope equal to the length of a trawl net and a rope equal to the opening/width/diameter of a trawl net. They will use a measuring tape and their math skills to determine the length.
Once students have been to both the wharf and launch stations, they will compare and contrast both the weight of their catch and the dimensions of the net used at the launch tank, versus that of a Cape Sable trawl net.
On board Cape Sable, students will seek out various emergency features, find miscellaneous items on deck and discover the mechanics of hauling a trawl net.
A wrap-up on board Cape Sable will give students a chance to review what they have learned with one of our engaging Heritage Interpreters. Students will then give their official seal of approval by stamping “Passed” on their vessel inspection booklet.
Availability
May to October
Information and Reservations
We recommend calling to confirm availabilities of school programming. In addition, we can explore developing a customized product upon request.
To reserve your program please call Hilda Russell at 902-634-4794, ext.228 or email [email protected].