Message in a Bottle workshop

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Message in a Bottle workshop
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Where are Atlantic Rising going?
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The Atlantic Ocean on the move

• Winds blow surface water around the planet
• This creates currents in the ocean
• These currents have been used for centuries to
  transport objects, animals and people around the
  Atlantic

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Drifting in the Ocean
Florida 2006
Brighton 2008
Blackpool 2008
Skegness 2005
Weird things washed up by currents
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Message in a bottle project
Capsule 2 (June 2010)
You write
We carry
Capsule 1 (December 2009)
We launch
You track
Message found
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Example letters teacher handout

• What motivated these people to write messages?
• Did they expect them to be found?
• How long did it take the messages to be found?

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Letter writing tips

• School address
• Date
• Introduce yourself
• Your interests, hobbies
• Your family, friends
• Likes / dislikes
• Ambitions
• Anything else... be creative!
• Set the historical context (it may be years
  before the message is found)
• What is happening in the world at the moment?
• Ask them questions
• What would you like to learn about them?

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Track the bottle!
Track the bottle on Atlantic Risings website...
www.atlanticrising.org