Schooner Adventure Educational Programs

MITS Programs

Schooner Adventure actively provides professional development workshops for teachers through the MITS program (Museum Institute for Teaching Science). The Workshops are developed within the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and include units on maritime-related subjects, such as:

Wind Observation (using models to study cause and effect)
Historical Methods of Navigation, including dead reckoning and vector analysis
Weather Forecasting: Folklore and Scientific Methods
Design: A Context for Learning (knot tying, seashell design, and Sea Chanties)
New England Coastal Waters
Curriculum development using local resources

 

SCHOONER ADVENTURE LECTURE SERIES

CLICK HERE for Upcoming Lectures

CLICK HERE to read more about our LECTURE SERIES, "The Natural History of Cape Ann"

ABOUT

The Adventure, a knockabout schooner built in 1926, came home to the city of Gloucester in 1988, thanks to Captain Jim Sharp. The only request Captain Sharp made on donating the ship to the city was that the Adventure "continue to be cared for, prominently displayed as a monument to the city of Gloucester and used for the education and pleasure of the public."

The ship has since become a classroom for hands-on experiential learning in math, science, social and cultural studies, and the arts.

Schooner Adventure's educational programming is funded in part by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For more information regarding our educational programs, call Joanne Souza at 978-281-8079.