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Ride the Wave
Volvo Ocean Race Around the World!
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Ride the Wave! Catherine Maloney Susan Bogart
Cold Spring Harbor School District Cold Spring
Harbor, New York
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Ride the Wave!

• What is the Volvo Ocean Race Around the World?
• Where can I find information about the Volvo
  Race?
• How can I use the Volvo Ocean Race in the
  classroom?
• How can I integrate the Volvo Ocean Race into my
  curriculum?
• What skills in technology will the class learn
  creating an
• outcome reflecting its understanding of the
  ports of call.

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What is the Volvo Ocean Race Around the World?
Imagine putting your class aboard a high-tech,
seventy-foot sailboat and spending the school
year vicariously racing six other boats on a
32,000 nautical miles spin around the world,
visiting nine fascinating ports of call along the
way! The Volvo Ocean Race, sponsored by the
Swedish auto maker, allows your students to
follow the race, via the internet
(www.volvooceanrace.org), plotting positions and
reading action-packed e-mails from the crews,
describing the problems faced daily in some of
the worlds wildest waters! The internet has
made it possible for my students to learn so much
about geography, navigation, survival skills and
develop respect for the cultural differences
around the world.
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Race Track for the Volvo Ocean Race Around the
World 2005-2006
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Volvo Ocean Race Schedule 2005-2006
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How can I use the Volvo Race in my classroom?
Working in pairs, students visit
www.volvooceanrace.org daily to read up-to-date
news coverage, record position data and plot
their boat on map in their ship logs. Boat
tracking is color coded on a master map on the
bulletin board, so once the students plot their
boats latitude-longitude, they can compare their
boats position to the other racers. During
opening exercises, students share the news from
their boats. Depending on which leg is involved,
news could relate to dismastings, rudder
problems, sighting of sea-life, flying fish
landing on decks, iceberg ahead, slippery decks,
rough seas, injuries or damaged sails.
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How can I integrate the Volvo Race in my
curriculum?
Literature Graham, Robin Lee, The Dove Avi, True
Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi,
Windcatcher Fox, Paula, Slave Dancer Stevenson,
R.L., Treasure Island Paulsen, Gary, Voyage of
the Frog
Social Studies Customs, cultures Latitude/Longitud
e Different maps, different uses Time
Zones History of sailing, exploration and trade
Newspapers, E-mails from skippers Life at the
Extreme, Volvo Ocean Race
2005-2006 Biographical sketches of crew
at ww.volvooceanrace.org
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More Curriculum Connections
Math Estimation Mileage
calculations Time?Distance?Speed Conversion from
Celsius to Farenheit Geometry Compass Rose,
Degrees,Angles Averaging Problem solving Elapsed
Time Calculations Graphing Data Grids and
Coordinates
Science Global Communications Compu
ter technology Global weather patterns Weather
instruments Astronomy Ecology/Environmental Saving
Long Island Sound Seasons and the
Hemispheres Wind belts Ocean Currents
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Health and Physical Fitness Nutrition FDA Food
Pyramid Physical Fitness First Aid Survival
Skills Clothing Nutrition at Sea Risk vs.
Accomplishment Leadership qualities Coping
Skills Time Management In Crisis...Stop! Think!
Action!
The Arts Sea Chanties Folk
Songs Classical Music...Debussys La Mer Music
defining Port of Call
Creative Outcomes Port of Call Power
Points Poems celebrating the sea Music
Appreciation Around the World
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What supplies do I need to set the stage for
learning?
Computers with Internet Connection
www.volvooceanrace.com www.googleearth.com Gl
obes, Atlases, Nautical Charts
www.worldatlas.com Good for verifying accurate
latitude/longitude for
ports of call. Hand-out Booklet
provides the following Legs and Dates Keeping a
Daily Log for one boat Plotting Map of the
World Plotting Map for Leg 5 (Rio de Janeiro to
Baltimore) Plotting Map for Leg 7 New York to
Portsmouth, England) Logging Data Sheets Compass
Rose Summary sheet for review of E-mails and
news Port of Call PowerPoint Requirements Around
Alone 1998-1999
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Position and Data Sheet...February 22
CMGCompass Heading EDCEstimated Distance
Completed DTF Distance to Finish
Pirates of Caribbean Data Sheet...February 22
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Team Date Rank Latitude Longitude DTF Max. Speed Wind Speed Wind Dir. Wave Hgt. Sea Temp CMG
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
Volvo Ocean Race Data Sheet
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Leg 4 Wellington, New Zealand to Rio de Janeiro
Atlantic Ocean
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20 s
80 s
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Plotting Sheet Leg 5 Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore
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Leg 7 New York to Portsmouth, England
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Think of all the treasure hunts you can set up on
the playground so your students can practice
using their compass skills!
The compass is also a great tool for teaching
angles.
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Leg 5 Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore/Annapolis Marc
h 25 5,000 Nautical Miles
Daily Duties Aboard!
Log on to www.volvooceanrace.org. Record data
on Daily Data Sheet Plot your boats position on
your Leg 5 map Use your Daily Data Sheet to
answer the following questions 1. In what
direction is your boat sailing? 2. How
far is your boat from Rio de Janeiro? 3.
How many nautical miles is the closest boat off
your stern? 4. How far is your boat from
the leader? 5. If your boat continues to
sail at its present speed, on what date is your
ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival)? 6. What
is your range of wind speed from March 25 to
April 1? What reasons can you give for the
change in wind speed? 7. Review your log
and create a T-Bar chart reflecting the
relationship between the wind speed and the speed
of your boat. 8.Round out the DTF for the
fleet, to the nearest ten. 9. What was the
average speed of the fleet for today? 10.
Through what body of water will you be sailing as
you approach Baltimore? 11. Any news from
your boat? Check E-mails and news releases.
Record news on Comments sheet.
12. When your boat reaches Baltimore, create a
headline and a lead paragraph summarizing
the highlights of the events aboard your
boat for leg 5. 13. Using information from
your Daily Data Sheet, create a bar graph showing
the distances covered by each boat by
April 1.
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Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006 Comment
Sheet Leg______________
Date Name of Boat Comments
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Check E-mails and news on www.volvooceanrace.org
daily and summarize highlights.
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Field Trips
Baltimore/Annapolis...May 5-7 Family will travel
to Baltimore and Annapolis to see the Volvo
boats. After spending a day touring the sites
in Baltimore, families will tour colonial
Annapolis, the Naval Academy and Annapolis
Harbor. The highlight of the trip will be a walk
across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, where they will
watch the boats take off on Leg 6 to New York
City. New York City...Boats will be at South
Street Seaport from May 8-11 preparing for Leg 7,
New York to Portsmouth, England. Soundwaters...Jun
e 19 Sail aboard an 80-foot, three-masted
schooner, into Long Island Sound, where students
will get to hoist the sails, haul the fishing
net, and learn about Long Island Sounds ecology
at the salt marsh and the water station.
Theyll sit silently for a while and listen to
the waves slapping the hull, the sails snapping
in the breeze, and theyll hear the whistle of
the wind through the halyards...great time to
think poetry!
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Additional Information from Around Alone
1998-1999

• Nutrition and Sea Fare
• The Compass
• Latitude and Longitude
• Time Belts
• Map Reading on land and at sea
• Plotting
• Waves, Weather and Currents
• Weather Station
• Seasons
• Sails The Engines of a Sailboat
• Ocean Ecology
• Navigation
• Making landfall
• Nautical Glossary