This is a canoe. The indians
and pioneers used them a long long time ago. They were made out of wood
and dried leather. You needed paddles to row. What do you think the people
would use if they lost their paddles?
Did you know that boats/ships come is many different shapes and sizes. And that some can only be used on the oceans and some just on a river....come and explore with us.....
Lets begin with the smallest boat.
This is a canoe. The indians
and pioneers used them a long long time ago. They were made out of wood
and dried leather. You needed paddles to row. What do you think the people
would use if they lost their paddles?
This is a kayak. Eskimo's
use them when they travel over water. They kind of look like the canoe,
but they are closed for a part on the top. Can you see that?? And they
are made from wood only. You also need paddles to row, but the paddles
are much bigger then the canoe ones.
This is called a cutter.
This boat is a lot bigger and you need more then one person to safely travel
over water. It is a sailboat. Sailboats are made big and small. We call
them sailboat because they all have a sail. See the white triangles on
top of the boat. These boats don't need paddles. The wind makes them go.
The sails catch the wind and make it move over the water.
Now if there is no wind...what do you think the people on the boat
have to do to make the boat move??
This is a motorboat.
Motor boats are made big and small too. Some just have a seat and a steeringwheel
on it. But some, like this one have a deck and a cabin. Do you know what
a cabin is?
Its like a little house. You go down some steps and there is a place
to sit and sleep, and sometimes even a kitchen and bathroom. Now this boat
uses a motor to travell over water. What do you think does the motor need
to work.
And what would the captain have to do if he didn't have any left?
This is called a
yacht. Its a boat that uses a motor to travel. It is a lot bigger then
the motorboat. It has more rooms and goes faster. It is like a small hotel
on water. Peolple like to take vacations on a yacht. A yacht can travel
on the ocean too.
Yachts are given very pretty names. Can you think of a name that we
could call this one?
If you could paint this yacht any color you wanted...what color would
you pick?
This is a ship. Ships like
this are used on the oceans. And they carry things like fuel, furniture,
cars, machines...many things you can't send with an airplane.
A lot of people have to work on a big ship like this. Can you think
of some jobs people would have on this ship? And what do you think they
are having as "cargo" (thats the word they use for stuff they carry under
their deck) ?
Now this is one of the
biggest ships there is. It is called an oceanliner, because it is used
to bring people from one continent to the other if there is an ocean between
them.
If I would want to take a ship from the USA to visit Glaine or Woking,
I would have to travel on this ship.
It is an english ship. Remember I told you about people giving ships
a name..This one is called "Queen Mary".
A very famous ship was the "Titanic" and another ship that sailed from
England to the USA a very very long time ago was called "The Mayflower".
This was a sailship. Here in the USA we celebrate the trip of the
Mayflower every year in November. It is one of the special holidays we
will tell you about on ouw schoolpage.
This is a cruise ship. These
ships are made like a hotel on water. They have a pool, a gym, places to
eat, rooms (called cabins) and you can dance and play games. You can even
go and watch movies. These boats visit lots of different places far away.
If you could choose a place to go with this boat where would you like to
go? And who would you like to bring? What do you think you could do for
fun on this cruise ship?