Normally the Maritime Museum of San Diego would be hosting hundreds of classroom field trips and welcoming thousands of school children to the waterfront for these hands-on immersive educational experiences told through the historic ships and award-winning living history staff. The EXPLORE program today can be repurposed while we are learning on-line, giving teachers and distance learners California history and culture lesson plans, without leaving their home. It was the perfect length and very interesting! Thanks for doing this! Could we have more?

With this year being so difficult to teach online, this video was perfect! The students were engaged and loved watching it. Nearly all (91%) would be interested in other videos in this series.įor distance teaching, I will break this apart into 2 or 3 viewings.

The Maritime Museum of San Diego has launched this timely online video and lesson plan resource for teachers and parents looking for engaging, educational and entertaining activities for youth distance learning.ĮXPLORE (Experiential Learning Online Resources for Educators) studies focus on the story of Cabrillo and his galleon San Salvador which took place during the Age of European exploration.Īlready we are receiving extremely positive feedback from teachers on new History of Oceanic Exploration video series, with the first chapter focusing on San Salvador sponsored by TMA Foundation (the educational arm of the non-profit BlueTech).ĥ4% are likely to use the video as part of their teaching curriculum.Ħ3% tell us the videos covered curriculum topics discussed in their lesson plans this school year. Maritime Museum Of San Diego Provides Free Videos and Virtual Lesson Plans for Educators Seeking History and Culture Content

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