Amelia Earhart Elementary

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Amelia Earhart Elementary
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LIGHTHOUSE FOR RENT

• Your parents have decided it is time for a
  VACATION! They know you are studying lighthouses
  in your class and think you should get to see
  one!

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LIGHTHOUSE FOR RENT

• Your parents want you to choose a lighthouse to
  stay in for a whole week!

Follow the directions to learn more about three
historic Maine lighthouses.
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LIGHTHOUSE FOR RENT

Using your worksheet as a guide, you will learn
about the following

• Where three historic Maine lighthouses are
  located.
• When the lighthouses were built.
• How tall the lighthouses are.
• When the lighthouses were automated.

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Tour Maine
Click on a lighthouse below to find out more
information! Click on green words for their
definition To return to this page click
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
Cape Neddick Nubble Lighthouse
FINISH
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West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
Where America Greets the Day!

• Farthest point east that can be driven to in the
  U.S.
• Ocean directly beneath the tower is in another
  time zone!
• First tower built in 1808 during the presidency
  of Thomas Jefferson
• Replaced with current tower and keepers house in
  1858

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West Quoddy Head Lighthouse

• Automated
• 1988
• Tower Height
• 49 feet
• Height of Focal Plane
• 83 feet
• Is the Lighthouse still working?
• YES

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Tour Maine
Click on a lighthouse below to find out more
information! Click on green words for their
definition To return to this page click
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
Cape Neddick Nubble Lighthouse
FINISH
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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

• Built in 1827 at the cost of 2,800
• Re-built in 1835 with double walls
• Keepers Quarters were not built until 1857

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Pemaquid Pont Lighthouse

• Automated
• 1934
• Tower Height
• 38 feet
• Height of Focal Plane
• 79 feet
• Is the Lighthouse still working?
• YES

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Tour Maine
Click on a lighthouse below to find out more
information! Click on green words for their
definition To return to this page click
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
Cape Neddick Nubble Lighthouse
FINISH
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Cape Neddick Lighthouse

• Maines southernmost lighthouse.
• Built on a rocky island just off shore.
• Because of this, its nickname is Nubble Light
• It is only accessible by boat although a previous
  lightkeeper used to transport his child to the
  mainland for school in a hanging basket! The
  coastguard thought it was too dangerous and told
  him to stop.

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Nubble Light

• Height of Focal Plane
• 88 feet
• Is the Lighthouse still working?
• YES

• Built in 1879 and cost 15,000
• Automated
• 1987
• Tower Height
• 41 feet

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Tour Maine
Click on a lighthouse below to find out more
information! Click on green words for their
definition To return to this page click
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
Cape Neddick Nubble Lighthouse
FINISH
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Automated
Because of this, there is no need for
lightkeepers to live in or next to lighthouses
anymore.
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Focal Plane
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Where are you going?
Which lighthouse do you want to go to for your
family vacation? Write about it then draw a
picture for your parents!

• Use a topic sentence to tell the lighthouse you
  want to visit.
• Give 3 reasons why you chose that lighthouse.
• Using MacDraw, draw the lighthouse you chose.

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The End