Student Cruises Norfolk VA | American Rover Sailing Cruises

Field Trips for Students

The American Rover offers 1.5 and 2 hour educational cruises departing from Norfolk’s Waterside Marina. Hands-on activities enable students to become active participants in the learning adventure. On board, students will have the opportunity to set the sails, learn to tie basic knots, hear about the history of ships and sailing and take a turn at the helm while the captain discusses the tools they use to navigate.

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

* 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

$12.50 per student for 1 1/2 Hours
$15 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