EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
The key focus of EYE is a traveling interactive classroom experience.
~Program Highlights~
Interactive website
Read about the crew’s journey at www.eyeotw.org. Posts are written to cover a broad variety of topics. Review questions modeled after Virginia SOL standardized tests are included in many posts.Crew E-mails
Ongoing classroom-crew dialogue. Communicate with the crew as they travel the world. Share the experience on a personal level.
Ongoing classroom-crew dialogue. Communicate with the crew as they travel the world. Share the experience on a personal level.Location Postcards
Postcards from the crew mailed to classrooms from every major stop.
Live Video-Conferences
When good internet access is available to the crew, live video conferences between the crew and classrooms can be scheduled.
For any crossings longer than one week, calls from the crew to the classroom via our satellite phone can be scheduled.
Teacher Control
Create assignments online. Moderate online discussion. Augment current SOL curriculum requirements.
Connection to the World
Live-feed video-conferencing is used to create a live dialogue between students and international classrooms, community leaders, interesting individuals, and families. Teachers will coordinate with EYE to tailor the conference to their needs.
Plan Our Adventure!
Students can help plot our course, as well as research our destination and recommend places/ people tovisit.
A Basket of Goods
In each location, the crew finds the cost of a predetermined basket of goods in local currency. The classroom then can use currency exchange rates to find and compare the cost of the goods abroad and at home.
The Science of Sailing
Classrooms will be in communication with the crew and will have the opportunity to help solve on-board engineering problems at home while learning about the science behind sailing a boat around the world.
Made in?
Students will interact by finding items at home that are made in the countries the crew visits. At every major shipping port EYE visits, the crew will find a batch of goods heading for the US. This corresponds to at-home field-trips that can be taken to one of the many Hampton Roads container terminals.
The Scientific Method
EYE will conduct basic experiments that utilize the Scientific Method and highlight topics such as the Water Cycle, Pollution, and other areas of interest. Teachers can suggest topics that will best fit their classroom needs.
Follow the Adventure
This project is an interactive website which allows teachers to use GIS and global mapping technology to follow the path of the crew. The site will feature weekly journal and photo updates.
Name that Creature
As part of the Spotlight on Global Ecology, one interesting plant/animal will be left unidentified, but has a photo and a listing of important characteristics. It then becomes a class project to identify the species.
Spotlight on Global Ecology
A focus on ecosystem management and environmental pollution/concerns.
Spotlight on World Cultures
How faith and culture affects life in every part of the world.
Spotlight on Global Governance
International political organization.
Spotlight on 3:00 PM
A journal of what kids do after school and in their free time.
The World We’re Inheriting
International relations and its effect on the future.
Making Connections
International business and its role in bringing the world closer.
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Postcards from the crew mailed to classrooms from every major stop.Live Video-Conferences
When good internet access is available to the crew, live video conferences between the crew and classrooms can be scheduled.Offshore Sat-phone Calls
For any crossings longer than one week, calls from the crew to the classroom via our satellite phone can be scheduled.Teacher Control
Create assignments online. Moderate online discussion. Augment current SOL curriculum requirements.~Interactive Classroom Projects~
A composition of individual projects, the Educational Program follows a distance learning model. The ongoing interaction with classrooms allows each lesson to be fine-tuned to specific interests or needs.
A composition of individual projects, the Educational Program follows a distance learning model. The ongoing interaction with classrooms allows each lesson to be fine-tuned to specific interests or needs.
Connection to the World
Live-feed video-conferencing is used to create a live dialogue between students and international classrooms, community leaders, interesting individuals, and families. Teachers will coordinate with EYE to tailor the conference to their needs.
Plan Our Adventure!
Students can help plot our course, as well as research our destination and recommend places/ people tovisit.
A Basket of Goods
In each location, the crew finds the cost of a predetermined basket of goods in local currency. The classroom then can use currency exchange rates to find and compare the cost of the goods abroad and at home.
The Science of Sailing
Classrooms will be in communication with the crew and will have the opportunity to help solve on-board engineering problems at home while learning about the science behind sailing a boat around the world.
Made in?
Students will interact by finding items at home that are made in the countries the crew visits. At every major shipping port EYE visits, the crew will find a batch of goods heading for the US. This corresponds to at-home field-trips that can be taken to one of the many Hampton Roads container terminals.
The Scientific Method
EYE will conduct basic experiments that utilize the Scientific Method and highlight topics such as the Water Cycle, Pollution, and other areas of interest. Teachers can suggest topics that will best fit their classroom needs.
Follow the Adventure
This project is an interactive website which allows teachers to use GIS and global mapping technology to follow the path of the crew. The site will feature weekly journal and photo updates.
Name that Creature
As part of the Spotlight on Global Ecology, one interesting plant/animal will be left unidentified, but has a photo and a listing of important characteristics. It then becomes a class project to identify the species.
~Spotlight Series~
Supplementary documentary series designed to bring noteworthy observations into focus
Supplementary documentary series designed to bring noteworthy observations into focus
Spotlight on Global Ecology
A focus on ecosystem management and environmental pollution/concerns.
Spotlight on World Cultures
How faith and culture affects life in every part of the world.
Spotlight on Global Governance
International political organization.
Spotlight on 3:00 PM
A journal of what kids do after school and in their free time.
The World We’re Inheriting
International relations and its effect on the future.
Making Connections
International business and its role in bringing the world closer.
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