Tall Ship, Motorboat, Yacht, Houseboat

Date: 18^th April 2013

Day: Thursday

Time: 4:30 – 5:30pm

Class: Pomegranate

Teacher: Teacher Yeong

Happy, Happy Transportation –Tall Ship, motorboat, yacht, houseboat

Jun Qian brought back the paper boats that he made yesterday. His mother helped him to add on a sail to make the rowboat into a sailboat. By looking at the model of both boats, we did a verbal revision of what we learned about the rowboat and sailboat. We also went through racing shell and canoe.

Then today, we went through another 4 types of boats.

The facts about tall ship:

-          it’s also wind driven

-          sail in the ocean

-          can carry many people compared to sailboat

The facts about motorboat:

-          moves by engine and not by paddles, oars or the wind

-          The engine turns a propeller, which pushes the boat through the water

-          Can go very fast, up to 90 miles per hour

-          Built especially for racing, but it also used as for fun such as fishing, water skiing or relaxing

The facts about yacht:

-          boats used for pleasure

-          come in all sizes

-          There are motor yachts and sailing yachts and some have both engines and sails

The facts about houseboat:

-          boats people live in, like mobile home

-          usually kept tied up at a dock, if owners wanted to move, they simply cast off the ropes and float away

Paper boat demonstration by Yi Han

Yi Han wanted to be the teacher today to teach the children about her way of folding the paper boat. The beginning steps are much easier for the children to follow if compared to mine. However, our fellow classmates still need more practice in folding the boat. I believe practice makes perfect.