ed-ventures at Home

Our oceans are home to some pretty cool critters! Join Pru the Blue Whale as we take a deep dive into the oceans, their zones and learn about what makes them special. Even create your own ocean zones!

Who Calls Our Ocean Home?

Sharks have become extremely popular over the past couple of years. But they are pretty cool creatures that call the ocean their home. Create your own sharky friend and learn about these friends in our shark clothes pin activity!

Clothes pin shark lesson plan

Use toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls to create your own fish - use glitter, glue, googly eyes, and any other items at home to make these fish as fun and bright as you like!

Create Your Toilet Paper Roll Fish

If you have any extra seashells lying around, follow this tutorial to create a Sailor's Valentine at home! In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, seashells like these were intricately arranged into geometric mosaics known as “sailors’ valentines.” They were—and still are—made by gluing hundreds of shells onto cotton batting and framing the work with octagonal cases of wood and glass.

Create a Sailor’s Valentine

Boats have been used for thousands of years to transport goods and people. They have been built out of all different kinds of materials, shapes and sizes. Take a dive into all the ways that boat have been built and test your skills at being a master boatwright!

Boat Building Lesson

The Fine Arts Gallery at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum regularly presents exhibitions showcasing the work of talented local and regional artists specializing in maritime themes. Our most recent show is a photography exhibit called Cape Scenes: Three Perspectives. If you are at home, why not indulge your own creative side? Try your hand at sketching a simple sailboat using this fun and easy tutorial, and send in your pictures to info@capecodmaritimemuseum.org

Draw a Sailboat

Bringing the whole family on board for a day on the water can be loads of fun, but sometimes kids can get a little antsy. Or maybe you are taking a stroll down by the water to get some fresh sea air! Why not offer an entertaining “Boating Scavenger Hunt” to help keep your young mariners occupied and learning about different kinds of vessels, nautical equipment, and ocean life.

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Looking for something fun and practical to do while you are staying at home? How about tying a knot or two? Not only do we have displays of standard sailing knots at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum, but we also regularly offer knot tying and rope skills workshops as part of our educational community programming. So grab some rope or string and try out some of these traditional, and useful, nautical knots!

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Watch and learn how blue and black water diving is conducted in the open ocean and what these divers see during the day and during the twilight zone migration at night. Check out the rest of the YouTube channel, hosted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for more fun underwater exploration videos.

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Come and join in on the amazing adventure, Whale Poop! Learn about Salt, a female North Atlantic Humpback whale who has graced the water off the coast of Cape Cod every year since the 1970s. Download this free digital e-book to learn how Salt and her fellow whales keep our oceans healthy.

Download the E-book

For centuries, mariners used the stars and the planets to guide them on their seafaring journeys. Celestial navigation is the practice of using angular measurements between celestial bodies such as the sun, moon, planets or stars, and the visible horizon. These "sights" allow a navigator to know where they are in the world accurately and to make calculations for a journey.

Learn About the Stars

Watch this fascinating video of solo sailor Igor Stropnik adventuring in the Arctic circle region of Norway.

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