Day Programs
Our signature day program is a 5-day program in which we work with the same class each morning or afternoon for a full week. These programs are arranged with World Ocean School by teachers and/or schools and are not open enrollment.
We can accommodate students in 5th grade and older and adapt our lessons to the age of participating students. Day programs are available in Boston and St. Croix. Day programs shorter than 5 days are also available.
This impactful program offers a hands-on curriculum focused both on STEM skills (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and social-emotional skills. Students rotate through and participate in each module, led and supported by our crew of deckhand educators. The skills students learn onboard are designed to support them not only in school, but throughout their lives.
Sample STEM Curriculum Modules:
Seamanship - Students learn boat and maritime safety, how to raise the sails, knot tying, line coiling, using block and tackle.
Environmental Properties - Students participate in hands-on activities to learn about the properties of buoyancy, water density, and wind direction. They learn points of sail and, using small model boats on deck, how to use wind direction to chart an effective course to reach a desired destination.
Water Testing – Students use scientific tools to measure data related to the health of the ocean. Testing is done and data is collected for temperature, salinity, turbidity, and pH. Students discuss the types of plants and animals that live in their waters and why that ocean environment is habitable for the species that live there.
Navigation - Students learn to read a chart and practice using a compass to triangulate the ship's position.
Physics - Students explore different examples of simple machines throughout the ship's rigging including pulley systems, screws, and wedges. Mechanical advantage is explained to students by engaging them in a simple game of tug of war using a block and tackle.
Speed - Students learn the mathematical calculation for speed and run experiments to determine the speed of the boat.
Sample Life Skills and Social-Emotional Curriculum Modules:
Communication – Students participate in public speaking, poetry & blog writing, and group discussion.
Teamwork - Students work together to accomplish a variety of tasks while on board, the first of which is raising the sails which are more than 90 feet tall.
Trust & Courage - Students learn both how to trust and how to be trustworthy. The module culminates in students climbing out onto the bowsprit (the wooden spar that extends off the front of the ship) and climbing the mast while tethered by a safety harness.
Resilience – Students learn that challenges are opportunities and are encouraged to strive to reach their goals, whether in onboard activities or in their personal lives.
Self-Worth - Through “I’m a Star” discussions about their goals and articulation of their personal strengths and interests, students verbalize a positive sense of self-worth and determination to persevere.
Bring A Day Program To Your School!
Click the button below to fill out a form on how you can bring a day program to your school.
“I've learned a lot of things on the Roseway, and I realized just yesterday that you got all the elements of school like math, ELA and science into boat related lessons. I thought that was really cool. That's how school should be.”
Michael, Revere Middle School
Program Partners
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Josiah Quincy Elementary School
Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
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Claude O. Markoe Elementary School
Frederiksted, St Croix, USVI
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Piers Park Sailing Center
East Boston, MA
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Harvard-Kent Elementary School
Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
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Ricardo Richards Elementary School
St. Croix, USVI
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Dennis C. Haley Pilot School
Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
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Boston Day and Evening Academy
Boston, MA
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Good Hope Country Day School
Kingshill, USVI
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Nathan Hale Elementary School
Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
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St. Croix Educational Complex High School
Kingshill, USVI
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School
Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
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Caribbean Center for Boys and Girls
St. Croix, USVI
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Gifft Hill School
St. John, USVI
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Landmark College
Putney, VT
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Save The Harbor Save The Bay
Boston, MA
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Colorado Springs School
Colorado Springs, CO
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Central High School
Kingshill, USVI
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Waypoint Adventure
Lexington, MA
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National Endowment for the Humanities
St. Thomas, USVI
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Tropical Shipping
Riviera Beach, FL
