Join
the Makulu II As It Sets Sail for Adventures Around the World
Headed
by Heather Halstead, Reach the World is a non-profit organization
founded to develop interactive, expedition-based educational resources
on the Internet for students and teachers. Since the launch of
Reach the World flagship expedition, the 1997-1999 circumnavigation
of the school-ship Makulu II, more than 50 public school classrooms
in seven states have worked to design curriculum projects in all
academic disciplines related to the expedition. In addition to
providing online content, Reach the World offers its collaborating
classrooms support and professional development linked to each
expedition.
In November 2001, the school-ship Makulu II set sail from New
York City on her world circumnavigation. For the next two years,
the five crew members will bring six oceans and more than 30 ports-of-call
vividly to life on the Internet! Makula will journey from NYC
to the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, across the Pacific
Ocean, through Indonesia and across the Indian Ocean to the Red
Sea and the Mediterranean. In the fall semester of 2003, the voyage
will conclude with passages to West Africa and across the Atlantic
Ocean to the Caribbean, before heading north to NYC once again.
Currently, Makulu II is in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. To
find out where the course is heading, visit www.reachtheworld.org,
where you can read the weekly ship’s log, meet the crew and participate
in curriculum projects related to the voyage.#
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