95-year-old Bruce Elliott is a no-nonsense, self-proclaimed former ‘Army brat’ who supports nine towns and eight elementary schools in Henniker and bordering towns with his thousands of dollars of regular donations to Gundalow Company’s youth educational programs. “I can literally see how my money is making a difference,” he explains.
Water Quality in the Piscataqua Region: Explore temperature, salinity, dissolved Oxygen and pH with this activity. States of Matter_Comparing Density of Water Try this activity at home to compare difference densities of water Explore this report to see the what’s happening in the Piscataqua Region – PREP – 2018 State of the Estuaries Report PREP – Emerging Issues and Changing Conditions Water Chemistry: Data Dilemma in Great Bay –A lesson plan for middle and high school students looking at data in Great Bay Water Chemistry: Data Dilemma in Great Bay – Student Sheet Get Outside Water Cycle Scavenger Hunt Next […]
In an effort to support local families and educators, we are putting out a weekly mini-unit on a topic related to the maritime heritage and environment of the region. Join our online learning community and get new resource emailed directly to you including videos, challenges, activities, and more. Join our Online Resource Email List Learn the Basic Tools for Navigation with this Video Build a Boat Challenge (with materials from around your home) Play our popular game Piscataqua People at home and explore how important the rivers and boating was for the early people who lived here. GET OUTSIDE […]
meet a director Catharine Newick GUNDALOW ROLE Catharine is a member of Gundalow Company’s board of directors, and previously served as Chair of the board from 2017 – 2019. Now, she is a member of the Gundalow board’s Finance and Governance Committees. PERSONAL DEETS “I work as a Forensic Economist for attorneys on legal matters. I previously worked for a national economic consulting firm in the Boston area. My undergraduate degree from URI is in Mathematics and I completed doctoral studies in Economics at Boston College. My husband Mason’s business, Pen & Inc., is in the gift trade, […]
Video – What is a Watershed? Build your own Watershed Home Environment Impact Game: Explore how your own actions at home impact the environment Get to know your watershed through this lesson from GMRI. Explore the State of our Estuary here in NH and Southern ME. This reports is released every 5 years by PREP and is a great reference for teachers or older students.
Join the Gundalow Company with Graham McKay of Lowell’s Boat Shop for our second live virtual presentation you can watch at home! Register for this presentation here Graham McKay is the executive director and master boatbuilder at Lowell’s Boat Shop, a working museum located in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Lowell’s Boat Shop was founded in 1793 on the banks of the Merrimack River and is the birthplace of the dory, a tradition boat used widely in the fishing industry over the past two centuries. Today, Lowell’s is a National Historic Landmark and America’s oldest operating boat shop. Graham’s role at Lowell’s is to oversee […]
Introduction to plankton short video: Plankton Information and activities about plankton, mirroring several of concepts discussed on the boat. Design a Plankton lesson plan Plankton Buoyancy Challenge lesson Plan Secret Life on Plankton Video – TED Ed Plankton Related Scavenger Hunt you can do near your home.
Join the Gundalow Company with Emily Hazelwood and Amber Sparks from Blue Latitudes as we host a live virtual presentation: Rigs-to-Reefs provides an alternative to complete rig removal in which an oil company chooses to modify a platform so that it can continue to support marine life as an artificial reef. Through this decommissioning process, the oil well is capped and the upper 85 feet of the platform is either towed, toppled in place, or removed. The platforms undergo extensive ecological evaluations to assess their potential value to add to the local ecosystem. Thursday April 9th 2020 Stream starts at […]
GUNDALOW ROLES York Harbor, Maine, residents Joey and Carol Donnelly wear, and have worn, many different hats for The Gundalow Company. For example, Joey is a founding Trustee and served as The Gundalow Company’s Chairman from 2002-2009. Currently he serves on the Development Committee and as a ‘sometime’ crew member aboard the Piscataqua gundalow.
Greetings from Marcy Street! – or should I say “virtual greetings” from Marcy Street as we are all working remotely these days. We hope that everyone in our Gundalow Company family is staying healthy and we are thinking of each of you as we all navigate these turbulent times. We remain hopeful that we will be able to be together again soon with the sun on our faces and the Gundalow Piscataqua’s sail full. The Gundalow Company is a family and a community and now more than ever it’s important to keep this community engaged, informed, and hopeful. So, we’ll […]
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