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Goal, Objective or Purpose of Activity: Have fun and improve awareness of environment and sailing site

Appropriate Age Level: 8 and up

Minimum and Maximum Number of Participants: Any

Set-up Time Required: 0 – 15 minutes

Activity Time Required: 15 – 30 minutes

Space Requirements: normal sailing area

Materials/Resources:

1. Grease Pencil
2. Sailboats

Procedure for Teaching:

1. Create a list of items for students to locate
2. Have kids sail around while look for specific things such as specific types of birds, fish, floating objects, flags, buoys, etc.
3. When the items are spotted, the kids can record it by writing on their decks with a grease pencil

Student Product:

1. Log book entry of what they observed

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