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Sail Away With Books!
www.spaceacts.com/correlation.htm
The site provides diagrams, the process, and photographs of the missions using celestial
navigation.
The Mythology of the Constellations
www.comfychair.org/~cmb ell/myth/myth.html
NASA
www.nas a.gov
This federal agency’s web site includes a variety of resources, photographs, games, and
more for use by adults who are working with kids, and for the kids themselves.
Oriental Trading Company
www.orientaltrading.com
This company provides inexpensive incentives and prizes for children, teens, and adults.
Star Date Online
http://stardate.org
This project of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory offers tips on becoming a
stargazer, a monthly star almanac to help identify what can be seen in the sky, podcasts of
recent radio programs, and free teacher lesson plans and activities.
Length of Program
60 minutes
Program Description
“Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me.”
Arggh Matey:
Got Pirattitude?
- From “Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me).” Lyrics by Xavier Atencio and music by
George Bruns.
Pirates are in vogue with today’s teens, in part due to the popularity of the Pirates of the
Caribbean movies. This program fulfills the developmental need of teens for selffacts
about expression while exploring piracy.
In olden times, flags were the most important form of communication on the high seas.
They identified ships as friend or foe. Pirate ships and privateers hung the Jolly Roger on
their masts. The term “Jolly Roger” is believed to have originated from French words
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