| | Mr. Meredith's kayak is bigger than Mr. Catton's |
| | | Mr. Meredith explains how he can keep both hulls of his catamaran in the water when there is a strong wind in the sails |
| | | the Coast Guard shows off their powerful twin-engined surf-rescue boat |
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| | Cody, Jeremy, and Zach pose for scale with the life-sized whale model |
| | | science teacher Jeff Self was in charge of the fish print station |
| | | Taqurri showing off her handiwork |
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| | some students from Humboldt High were on hand to show kids how to make paper hats... |
| | | | Mrs. Skaggs had a reading corner set up with lots of books about boats |
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| | this station where you could shape a boat from aluminum foil... |
| | | ...and see how many pennies it could hold before sinking... |
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| | ...as were also the ordinary plastic toy boats... |
| | | but the most popular activity of all proved to be... |
| | | building one's own boat with materials prepared for all ahead of time by fifth graders in Mrs. Crandells' class |
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| | Kieran, Jacob, and Jesse K. show off their handiwork |
| | | Jesse R. adds some color to his |
| | | and of course everyone got to sail their boats... |
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| | ...and see how strong a wind they could create to propel it across our little ocean blue |
| | | | ...all of which reminded Mr. Catton... |
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| | ...of two chapters he'd read in this first grade primer (way back in 1960!): |
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| | | | any other adults out there remember learning to read on this series??? |
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