[SEMCO] PCCS.MassSail.9.1

[Tanya Gabettie]

Thursday, September 6, 2007

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PCCS MEDIA RELEASE 9.1

Tanya Gabettie:  508.487.3622 Ext. 103

 

 

 

FLOATING CLASSROOM;

SPIRIT RETURNS TO PROVINCETOWN

(Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA) – MassSail and Provincetown Public Schools give
local students a unique, hands-on learning experience aboard Spirit of
Massachusetts, a 125-ft Schooner.

MassSail - a joint venture between the Provincetown Center for Coastal
Studies (PCCS) and the Ocean Classroom Foundation (OCF) - is a series of
marine education programs aboard Spirit of Massachusetts to promote public
awareness and encourage interest and stewardship in Massachusetts’ rich
marine environment through shipboard and dockside programs in Massachusetts
coastal cities and towns, making its fourth visit to Provincetown for
Community Days.

MassSail begins a week of day sail programs with Provincetown Schools on
September 10 and will sail with middle and high school students from 8:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  According to Jessica Waugh, Provincetown School
Superintendant, “The MassSail program engages our students with the marine
environment, while intensifying the district collaboration with the Center
for Coastal Studies.”   

Students, led by PCCS's award-winning Director of Marine Education Joanne M.
Jarzobski, engage in hands-on activities in marine science, natural history
and conservation biology relevant to local marine environment.  All
curricula options are aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
for History and/or Social Sciences, or Science and Technology and
Engineering.  

Aboard the ship, students work beside a professional crew to learn
traditional seafaring skills.  Lessons learned, achievements made, insights
gained are internalized and retained, because students are invested in the
process.

 

Provincetown Community Days Schedule

*	Monday                               September 10      Grade 9
*	Tuesday                September 11      Grades 7 and 8
*	Wednesday          September 12      Grade 11
*	Thursday              September 13      Grade 6
*	Friday                   September 14      Grades 10 and 12

 

Curricula Options

*	Charts and the Art of Navigation 
*	Cetaceans – Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A Biological and
Historical Perspective 
*	Fishing ­– Fisheries, Species, History and Management 
*	Weather for the Mariner 
*	Geology and Land-Sea Interactions 
*	Sea Birds – Species, Feeding, Distribution and Abundance 
*	Whaling – Modern and Historic 
*	Phytoplankton and Zooplankton 
*	Conservation Biology – Entanglements and Ship strikes 
*	Sea Turtles – Natural History, Population and Conservation Biology
Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses – Natural History, Population and Conservation
Biology 
*	Sharks, Rays and Skates – Natural History, Population and
Conservation Biology 

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The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is a private non-profit founded
in 1976, dedicated to researching and protecting marine mammals in the Gulf
of Maine through applied research, conservation, environmental and education
programs. To learn more about PCCS, visit us on the web at
www.coastalstudies.org.

 

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The Ocean Classroom Foundation [HYPERLINK
"http://www.oceanclassroom.org"www.oceanclassroom.org] is a non-profit
organization that provides programs of sea education and adventure for the
youth of America aboard the schooners Westward, Harvey Gamage, and Spirit of
Massachusetts.   OCF is a leader in experiential education, with
award-winning programs sailing from the Canadian Maritimes to the Caribbean
Sea.

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PCCS Contacts:

Tanya Gabettie
Communications Coordinator
Office:  508.487.3622 Ext. 103

Email:  tgabettie at coastalstudies.org 

 

Joanne M. Jarzobski
Marine Education Director
Office:  508.487.3623 Ext. 108
Email:  masssail at coastalstudies.org 

OCF Contact: 
Laura Hundt 
Education Director 
Office:  800.724.7245 Ext. 100
Email:  lhundt at oceanclassroom.org

Provincetown Public Schools Contact: 
Jessica Waugh
Provincetown Superintendent 

Office:  508.487.5000

Email:  jwaugh at provincetown.k12.ma.us

 

 

 

 


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