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- Costs 13.00 per student
- Takes about 1.50 hours
- Designed for 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade
- Theme: Social Studies, Connecticut
Description
Using the Charles W. Morgan, (a 19th c. whaling ship now berthed at Mystic Seaport) as a model, understand the industry that brought whalebone to the Strouse Adler Company Corset Factory in New Haven to make undergarments for upstanding Connecticut ladies. With whales.
Meets Connecticut Science Standards
- 3.2: Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs.
- 4.2: All organisms depend on the living and non-living features of the environment for survival.
- 5.2: Perceiving and responding to information about the environment is critical to the survival of organisms.
