Field Trips for Students
As Featured in the February 2011 Issue of Chesapeake Bay Magazine.
The American Rover offers 1.5 hour educational cruises departing from Norfolk’s Waterside. Hands-on activities enable students to become active participants in the learning adventure.
The Program is aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning.
Hands-on activities enable students to become active participants in the learning adventure.
Standards of Learning
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* 3.1 & 4.1 Effective communication skills
* 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7.2 Develop verbal and Non-verbal skills
* 3.5 Comprehension of Printed Materials
* 3.10 Available Technology
* 4.3, 6.3, & 5.4 Read and learn unfamiliar words
* 5, 6, 7, & 8.1 Education though group activities
* 5.8.& 7.6 Synthesize information -
* 3.1 Describe “civilization”, Greece, and Rome
* 3.2 The discovery of America
* 3, 4, 5, & 6.3 Settlement of Jamestown & Virginia Colonies
* 3.5 Historical cause & effect of colonies
* 3.6 Use of maps, tables, graphs, and charts
* 3.7 Economic specialization of past communities
* 3.10 Changes in Transportation
* 4.4 Early Virginian Social & political life
* 4.5 Virginian life reconstruction to 20th century
* 4.7 & 5.9 Development Historical analysis skills
* 5.1 American life before 17th century
* 5.2 Routes of American explorers
* 5.6 & 5.7 Key Events: Civil war to Reconstruction
* 6.2 Industrial Revolution
* 6.3 World Affairs & the U.S. between 1898-1930
* 8.2, 8.3, & 8.4 Ancient river civilizations -
* 3.1, 3.2, & 3.3 Investigations & simple machines
* 3.8, 3.9, & 3.10 Basic earth & water cycles, human survival
* 3.11, 4.1 4.2, & 6.3 Energy, investigations, machine work
* 4.6, 4.7, & 4.8 Weather, Astrology, Natural resources
* 5.1, 5.2, & 5.4 Mass, length, volume, communication
* 5.6, 5.7, & 6.1 Earth changing; investigations; ocean environment
* 6.2, 6.7, & 6.10 Logic; matter; solar system
* PS.1 – PS.11 Investigations of mass, volume, density, density, temp., force; energy conservation, transfer, & application
* ES.1, ES.2, ES.11, & ES.13 Volume area, earth systems, & oceans
* PH.1 Investigate a system of components
* PH.4 – PH.6 Applications of physics
* PH.8 & PH.12 Energy, Field Concepts
* PH.14 Newton physics
Students will:
- Set the sails
- Steer the ship
- Learn how the Captain navigates
- Hear stories of Mariner History and Life
- Tie Sailor Knots
- Interact in Group Activities
- Learn the History of Ships and Sailing
$9.00 per student for 1 1/2 Hours
$12.00 per student for 2 Hours
The program can be performed Dock Side or Under Way.
One comp per each 25 students
60 passengers minimum/120 passenger maximum
Available April – November
Student Party Cruise
Dance the night away while cruising the smooth waters of the Elizabeth River and Hampton Roads Harbor.
Two-hour cruise with DJ
$21.95 per person
60-person minimum Sunday—Thursday
100-person minimum Friday & Saturday
128 maximum
All prices are inclusive.
Tour operator rates available.
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Unlimited sodas:
$4 per personUnlimited pizza & sodas:
$10 per personPanera gourmet boxed lunch and unlimited sodas:
$15 per personBarbeque dinner with rolls, potato salad, cole slaw, baked beans,
fresh baked cookies & unlimited sodas:
$16 per person