Learning the Science of Sailing by: APS Advisor
Many of us in the sailing community were lucky enough to foster a love of the water and boating from a young age, while plenty of others have picked up the sport in adulthood. No matter the age of the sailor, there is a wealth of knowledge that comes from learning how to sail. US…Read More
Rochester Yacht Club Junior Olympics, STEM, and Career Connections
On Friday evening July 29th, 2016 Rochester Yacht Club hosted a Sailing Through STEM Night in conjunction with their Junior Olympic Festival. 100 youth participated in presentations and activities packed with the latest research and technology. Liam Faudree, Junior Sailing Director at Rochester Yacht Club began planning the event about six month about with regular…Read More
From Small Ships to Tall Ships
From Small Ships to Tall Ships, to the Great Lakes we go! By Jessica Servis & Windy Key Young sailors, big and small, participated in the Reach Simple Machine Scavenger Hunt at TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® 2016 Great Lakes Race Series this summer. Over one thousand youth had the unique opportunity to connect science and sailing…Read More
Sailing for STEM by TeenLife.org
By Bill O’Neil, TeenLife.org Imagine you can feel a warm breeze as your sail your boat across a beautiful harbor. Sounds better than spending a day in school, right? Except this is a classroom – the floating classroom of the Community Sailing Center in Burlington, VT. Read more here.Read More
Sailing, Science, and Saving the World
By Mike Gil I’ll never forget the first time I turned green at sea. It was the fall of 2007, and we just left Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, aboard what appeared to be a ship out of a fantasy novel: a 134-foot brigantine. We set the main sail as a crew, but eager to dive into…Read More
MHYC’s Sponge II Opti goes on a field trip to Hawken Middle School – Ohio
7th Grade Simple Machines Integrated Math & Science Unit Kicks Off: Mentor Harbor Yachting Club (MHYC) partners with Hawken Middle School in Lyndhurst, Ohio to engage youth in STEM and sailing through US Sailing’s Reach Initiative. Hawken 7th graders were introduced to simple machines through a scavenger hunt on a sailboat. Students learned all the…Read More
Cruise for a Cause: Learn to Enlighten – Northwest Yachting
Read More page 30: Frog Prints e!” partners with local schools and the sailing community to provide hands-on STEM learning through a combination of robotic builds, sailing, and REACH modules. In the past two years we’ve extended our programing to include summer STEM sailing camps that include a week of sailing, after they’ve undergone a week…Read More