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What is a Gundalow Video (print the worksheet to use with the video)
Build a Paper Gundalow – copy this simple activity to learn the parts of a gundalow. Use this Gundalow Drawing with Labels
Map the Piscataqua Region
Gundalow Song Teach your students the Gundalow Song by the Shaw Brothers. You can also Print out the lyrics and listen to the song here. You can also share this recording done by Eliot Elementary School music teacher
Background on Gundalows – a one-page description of the history of Gundalows
Use this presentation to share the history of Gundalows. This can be done as a class or students can work independently. This worksheet is based off this presentation.
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. You can also explore the Piscataqua People through this interactive online activity.
NH Coastal Viewer Students can explore different NH data on this interactive map
Explore local Resources with our partner The Society for the Protection on NH Forests and get outside at one of their properties
Learn more about Great Bay at the Great Bay Discovery Center
SCAVENGER HUNTS
Backyard Ecology Scavenger Hunt
Backyard Ecology Scavenger Hunt Directions
Plankton Scavenger Hunt
Get outside with this Nature Based Art Scavenger Hunt
Water Cycle Scavenger Hunt
Plant, Animal or Mineral? Explore your backyard during this scavenger hunt and then categorize your treasure into different types of matter.
Plankton Information and activities about plankton, mirroring several of concepts discussed on the boat.
Design a Plankton lesson plan
Plankton Buoyancy Challenge lesson Plan
Marine Creatures This is a great resource for marine animals in the Gulf of Maine by Maine Dept of Marine Resources with suggestions for activities
Marine Food Web lesson plan
Lobsters Learn more about lobsters with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Rocky Shore Marine Science Curriculum: An Ecosystem Unit for Elementary Educators through the Seacoast Science Center
Weekly Videos and lesson ideas from the Seacoast Science Center
Visit the Seacoast Science Center virtual tidepool or go visit a real tidepool
Explore marine debris, whales and more at the Blue Ocean Society
See links, ideas and lessons from the UNH Marine Docents
Plankton Information and activities about plankton, mirroring several of concepts discussed on the boat.
Design a Plankton lesson plan
Plankton Buoyancy Challenge lesson Plan
Marine Creatures This is a great resource for marine animals in the Gulf of Maine by Maine Dept of Marine Resources with suggestions for activities
Marine Food Web lesson plan
Lobsters Learn more about lobsters with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Rocky Shore Marine Science Curriculum: An Ecosystem Unit for Elementary Educators through the Seacoast Science Center
Weekly Videos and lesson ideas from the Seacoast Science Center
Visit the Seacoast Science Center virtual tidepool or go visit a real tidepool
Explore marine debris, whales and more at the Blue Ocean Society
See links, ideas and lessons from the UNH Marine Docents
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
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
Use the Resources below or in any of the other categories on this page to prepare for your Gundalow Program:
Gundalow Logbook This small logbook is filled with information and activities to get your students ready for their Gundalow Sail.
Gundalow Song Teach your students the Gundalow Song by the Shaw Brothers. Print out the lyrics and listen to the song here.
See our program in action and give your students an idea of what to expect. Watch the 8 minute video here.
Background on Gundalows – a one-page description of the history of Gundalows
Use this presentation to share the history of Gundalows. This can be done as a class or students can work independently. This worksheet is based off this presentation.
From a Tree to a Ship – challenge your students to take this one page description outside and find the trees that were used to build a gundalow.
Build a Paper Gundalow – copy this simple activity to learn the parts of a gundalow
Gundalow Drawing with Labels
Historic Photos of Gundalow
Photos of Gundalow Cargo
Create a poster or bulletin board on the history of the region/gundalows or focus your bulletin board on the watershed and human impact on the environment. Include: Select Maps from the Piscataqua Region, Historic Gundalow Photos, Photos of Gundalow Cargo, Gundalow Drawing with Labels, or Gundalow Song Lyrics.
Did you make a bulletin board for your trip? Share a photo with us and we’ll post it for others to see!
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.
Piscataqua Region History Resources
Play our popular game Piscataqua People at home and explore how important the rivers and boating was for the early people who lived here. You can also explore the Piscataqua People through this interactive online activity.
This timeline of the maritime history of the Piscataqua Region was compiled by Gundalow Volunteers.
Explore the bridges in the Piscataqua Region and then challenge yourself to build your own bridge with this STEM activity.
Explore and Write Place Based Poetry
Find lessons and virtual tours at Strawbery Banke Museum
See several resources above in the Gundalow Resource Section.
Learn to read a chart and navigate with National Sailing Hall of Fame
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth Coloring pages by Rachel Ignotofky
https://www.
The Kennedy Center – Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems – Interactive
https://www.kennedy-center.
Virtual Field Trips (Google Doc) – Zoo, Yellowstone, Mars, animals, farm, space, Louvre, more
https://docs.google.com/
WeatherSTEM – webinar, game, etc. science curriculum
https://www.weatherstem.com/
What’s Causing Sea-Level Rise? Land Ice Vs. Sea Ice by NASA JPL – activity with household items
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/
Thermal Expansion Model by NASA JPL – activity with household items
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/
Smithsonian Institution
https://www.si.edu/learn-
American Museum of Natural History
https://www.facebook.com/
Scholastic.com “Learn from Home’
https://classroommagazines.
Scholastic.com “Teachables”
https://teachables.scholastic.
