Our hands-on, interdisciplinary programs encourage students to explore academic subjects in exciting new ways. Pre-trip curriculum is supplied. Through these hands-on activities, students will explore the science that allowed USS Constellation , a 19th Century sailing warship, to defend our country. Students will investigate the physics behind harnessing the wind to propel a sailing vessel, and the scientific principles and shipbuilding techniques that keep a 1,400-ton warship afloat. This program challenges students to understand history as a series of choices made by ordinary citizens.
Students use actual primary sources to interpret information and write historical narratives.
This program makes history come alive as a dynamic process of choices and interpretations. USS Constellation now offers two practice assessments developed by Living Classrooms Foundation in cooperation with MSDE's Division of Instruction and Staff Development. Students will discover how the power of the wind could move a 1,400-ton vessel and apply math and physical science concepts to sailing USS Constellation .