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Grades
Grades 2-up
News Content
Oasis of the Seas is scheduled to set sail from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on December 5.
Anticipation Guide
Ask students if they have ever traveled on a cruise ship. Let them share when and where they went as well as their thoughts about the experience of sailing on a large ship. What was it like? In what kinds of activities did they participate? What kinds of things did they see or do that they hadnt anticipated being able to see or do on a ship?
News Words
Next, introduce these words that appear in the News Word Box on the students printable page: neighborhood, spa, unique, tailored, guest, and entertainment. Discuss the meanings of any of those words that might be unfamiliar. Then ask students to use one of those words to complete each of these sentences:
Read the News
Click for a printable version of this weeks news story Worlds Largest Cruise Ship Sets Sail on December 5.
More Facts to Share
Life Aboard Oasis of the Seas
If you have eight minutes, share this video that presents some of the most unique features of Oasis of the Seas, the worlds largest cruise ship.
You might share these additional facts with students after they have read this weeks news story.
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More Facts to Share
Use the News
Print out this weeks Use the News printable activity page for students. Or use the questions on that page to check student comprehension.
Use the News: Answer Key
Comprehension Check. 1.h, 2.b, 3.d, 4.c, 5.g, 6.e, 7.f, 8.j, 9.a, 10.i
Main Idea: Oasis of the Seas is a most unique ship in many ways.
Vocabulary Builder: 1.b, 2.c, 3.d, 4.a.
Follow-Up Activities
Think About the News. The Think About the News question on the student news-story page asks students
The company that built Oasis of the Seas says it took 8,000 people-work-years to build this ship. Can you figure out about how many hours that might be?You might group students to work together to solve this problem, you might assign them the problem as homework they can do with their parents, or you can let each student present his/her individual plan for solving the problem.
The average worker works 40 hours per week.
If the average worker works 40 hours per week, s/he will work about 2,080 hours a year (40 hours x 52 weeks = 2,080 hours per year).
Eight thousand (8,000) people-work-years would be the equivalent of about 16,640,000 hours of labor (2,080 hours per year per person x 8,000 people = 16,640,000 hours)
Accept all well-reasoned responses to the question. Some students might even come up with a plan that figures in variables such as vacation time, sick time, or overtime as they solve the problem.
Research and math. One statement in the News for You story reads as follows:
Oasis of the Seas is 1,187 feet long, which is almost as long as the Empire State Building is tall.Invite students to research the height of the Empire State Building and to figure the difference between its height and the length of the Oasis of the Seas. Depending on their information source, students might come up with different responses. For example, if the research reveals that the Empire State Building is 1,250 feet tall, the difference is 63 feet:
1,250 feet (height of the Empire State Building)
- 1,187 feet (length of the Oasis of the Seas)
63 feet
Assessment
Use the Use the News printable page as an assessment. Or have students work on their own (in their journals) or in their small groups to respond to the Think About the News question on the news story page.
Lesson Plan Source
Education WorldNational Standards
LANGUAGE ARTS: English
GRADES K - 12
NL-ENG.K-12.1 Reading for Perspective
NL-ENG.K-12.2 Reading for Understanding
NL-ENG.K-12.6 Applying Knowledge
NL-ENG.K-12.7 Evaluating Data
NL-ENG.K-12.8 Developing Research Skills
NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
MATHEMATICS: Number and Operations
GRADES Pre-K - 2
NM-NUM.PK-2.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
NM-NUM.PK-2.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 3 - 5
NM-NUM.3-5.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
NM-NUM.3-5.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-NUM.6-8.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
NM-NUM.6-8.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
GRADES 9 - 12
NM-NUM.9-12.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
NM-NUM.9-12.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
MATHEMATICS: Measurement
GRADES Pre-K - 2
NM-MEA.PK-2.2 Apply Appropriate Techniques, Tools, and Formulas to Determine Measurements
GRADES 3 - 5
NM-MEA.3-5.2 Apply Appropriate Techniques, Tools, and Formulas to Determine Measurements
GRADES 6 - 8
NM-MEA.6-8.2 Apply Appropriate Techniques, Tools, and Formulas to Determine Measurements
GRADES 9 - 12
NM-MEA.9-12.2 Apply Appropriate Techniques, Tools, and Formulas to Determine Measurements
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Article by Gary Hopkins
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11/05/2009