Cape Cod Catboat Crew Challenge:
ABOUT CCMM, CROSBY CATBOATS,
& THIS PROJECT
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
Cape Cod Maritime Museum is a nonprofit organization based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, It is Cape Cod's first museum dedicated to the maritime culture of the area. Our mission includes preserving the rich maritime traditions and history for which Cape Cod and the Islands are famous through our exhibitions, the objects in our collection, public events and educational programs. We strive to enable audiences of all ages to understand and enjoy Cape Cod's maritime culture. [email protected] |
Cape Cod Maritime Museum Education
CCMM Education Mission:
Cape Cod Maritime Museum provides students and educators of all ages, real-world, interactive, inquiry-based, learning opportunities utilizing Cape Cod centric pedagogy to inspire an enduring connection with Cape Cod maritime culture. With a comprehensive suite of educational programs, our science, technology, engineering, art and math topics drawn from our own coastal marine environment enabling students to embrace new knowledge and skills in a way that is relevant to Cape Cod and our local culture. All classes are based in an appreciation and respect for Cape Cod’s maritime past, present and future.
There are many opportunities for school groups to tour the museum and participate in hands-on maritime experiences with museum staff or to have museum staff visit your classroom. Visitors can tour the museum exhibits, the working Cook Boat Shop, the Boat Shed housing several historic wooden boats, take a sail on the replica of the catboat Sarah, and participate in one or more hands-on lessons or projects linked to Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. They can be designed by the Museum staff for any grade level from K-12, and can be taught at the Museum or in the school classroom. To see how they can meet your educational needs, and for an estimate of costs per students, please contact CCMM’s Education Coordinator and STEM teacher, Deirdre Detjens, at 508-775-1723 or [email protected]
A Sample of CCMM Education Topics (click on each title to read more about it):
Basic Navigation Fish and Clean Water Physics of Sailing
Buoyancy Meteorology Water Quality Testing: Waters of Cape Cod
Coastal Communication Pirates and Mooncussers
CCMM Education Mission:
Cape Cod Maritime Museum provides students and educators of all ages, real-world, interactive, inquiry-based, learning opportunities utilizing Cape Cod centric pedagogy to inspire an enduring connection with Cape Cod maritime culture. With a comprehensive suite of educational programs, our science, technology, engineering, art and math topics drawn from our own coastal marine environment enabling students to embrace new knowledge and skills in a way that is relevant to Cape Cod and our local culture. All classes are based in an appreciation and respect for Cape Cod’s maritime past, present and future.
There are many opportunities for school groups to tour the museum and participate in hands-on maritime experiences with museum staff or to have museum staff visit your classroom. Visitors can tour the museum exhibits, the working Cook Boat Shop, the Boat Shed housing several historic wooden boats, take a sail on the replica of the catboat Sarah, and participate in one or more hands-on lessons or projects linked to Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. They can be designed by the Museum staff for any grade level from K-12, and can be taught at the Museum or in the school classroom. To see how they can meet your educational needs, and for an estimate of costs per students, please contact CCMM’s Education Coordinator and STEM teacher, Deirdre Detjens, at 508-775-1723 or [email protected]
A Sample of CCMM Education Topics (click on each title to read more about it):
Basic Navigation Fish and Clean Water Physics of Sailing
Buoyancy Meteorology Water Quality Testing: Waters of Cape Cod
Coastal Communication Pirates and Mooncussers
The Crosby Catboat & The Sarah Project
Generally, cat boats are characterized by a single mast near the bow (front) of the boat. The single, four-sided sail is typically "gaff-rigged" and is attached to a boom that extends from the mast to over the end of the transom (back) of the boat. They also feature shallow drafts, a centerboard, and large, outdoor rudders. Crosby Boat Building Crosby Yacht Yard has been an icon of Cape Cod’s Osterville waterfront for more than two centuries, beginning in 1798 when brothers Daniel and Jesse Crosby, Jr. began building boats on a piece of waterfront land in this tiny farming and fishing village of Osterville. Click here to learn more about the Crosby family and their influence on wooden boat building. |
The Sarah Project
Sarah is a replica of the original catboat built by the the first Crosby boatyard in 1886. According to the Cape Cod Maritime Museum, "in the Spring of 2004, Boatbuilder Mark Wilkins began work on the construction of a replica of an historic Crosby catboat named Sarah.. The original Sarah was designed by Daniel Crosby and build by Herbert F. Crosby in 1886. She was initially used as a fishing boat but later became a leisure craft. The replica catboat Sarah is unique. She is one of the few remaining wooden catboats on Cape Cod that is close to its original historic configuration, and so is a valuable resource for boatbuilders and historians alike. The purpose of the Catboat Sarah Project is to document and preserve the art of traditional wooden boatbuilding: to give visitors a sense of the time and technology required to build a wooden boat in the 19th Century."
About the Cape Cod Catboat Crew Challenge (this project)
This website and its Ship's Logs were developed in July 2016 as part of a two-week Teacher-In-Residence (TiR) program coordinated by the Cape Cod Regional STEM Network. The Cape Cod Regional STEM network brings together educators, school districts, business and industry partners, and community members who share a commitment to inspiring and supporting young people’s interest and achievement in STEM learning and careers.
The Cape Cod Catboat Crew Challenge is a project designed by TiR Stacey Klimkosky, a teacher at Truro Central School in Truro, MA as a way for classroom teachers to prepare their students for a field trip to the Cape Cod Maritime Museum or a visit from museum staff into the classroom, and/or to extend their field trip experience upon returning to school. The Challenge can also be used independently of a museum experience for those teachers unable to visit, or have a museum staff member visit their classroom, due to time, budgetary, or proximity challenges. Challenge content may change as more CATegories are added to align with Museum lesson and activity offerings.
This website and its Ship's Logs were developed in July 2016 as part of a two-week Teacher-In-Residence (TiR) program coordinated by the Cape Cod Regional STEM Network. The Cape Cod Regional STEM network brings together educators, school districts, business and industry partners, and community members who share a commitment to inspiring and supporting young people’s interest and achievement in STEM learning and careers.
The Cape Cod Catboat Crew Challenge is a project designed by TiR Stacey Klimkosky, a teacher at Truro Central School in Truro, MA as a way for classroom teachers to prepare their students for a field trip to the Cape Cod Maritime Museum or a visit from museum staff into the classroom, and/or to extend their field trip experience upon returning to school. The Challenge can also be used independently of a museum experience for those teachers unable to visit, or have a museum staff member visit their classroom, due to time, budgetary, or proximity challenges. Challenge content may change as more CATegories are added to align with Museum lesson and activity offerings.
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
135 South Street ~ PO Box 443 Hyannis, MA 02601
(tel) 508-775-1723 (fax) 508-775-1706
[email protected]
135 South Street ~ PO Box 443 Hyannis, MA 02601
(tel) 508-775-1723 (fax) 508-775-1706
[email protected]