We meet on Wednesdays from 1:00 – 2:30 PM. We are inviting you to learn more about this program! We want to share our excitement and spread the word to other people. Museum and school staff deliver the hands-on portion of our program and we students engage in the creative and interactive work that will lead this program to its DESTINY. That’s where our NEW Miniboat Mobile Makerspace comes in. We meet over ZOOM and in small socially distanced groups. We are navigating the uncharted waters of COVID-19 and finding new ways to continue this vital program. Our boat DESTINY is just one of many boats that have undertaken this journey since 2017. We are using our critical and creative thinking, artistic talents, research and data collection, and communication skills to make this project a success. Kirkendall’s 5th grade class at Eisenhower Elementary in Vancouver, Washington and students from Okuki Elementary in Hachinohe, Japan to collaborate while preparing, designing, writing, engineering, tracking, deploying, documenting, and eventually launching a seaworthy GPS equipped “mini” boat across the Pacific Ocean. The Columbia River Maritime Museum’s Miniboat Program empowers the students in Mrs.
If this shrine could make it across the Pacific Ocean, why not a Miniboat? What happened when a Shinto shrine washed up on the west coast of the United States after a tsunami? The idea for the Miniboat Program was born. They are writing their signature on the letters they wrote to many people such as the mayor. They have written letters too many government officials. The Public Relations department’s job is to do the writing portion of advertising.