A fun (I hope) Quiz
Daniel R. Bonham
the really obvious, I was trying to come up with some fun educational quiz
type questions to ask them about Haiti, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel.
Any fun or unusual type questions you can think of to add to the quiz? One
boy is from Romania and only been in America for five years. The other has
never been further than a hundred mile radius of our small Indiana town.
Anka
How about a two-parter?
Name Haiti's next-door neighbor and the island they share.
;-)
~Anka
Daniel R. Bonham
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Peg Caldwell-Ott
A "quiz" specifically designed for each boy for the places you are
going is a nice idea, and there is plenty of tourist literature out
there for you to draw questions from. But, as a teacher, I can
guarantee you that the boys will get a whole lot more (from an
educational point of view) out of one or more of the following ideas.
Feel free to use any or all!
1. Give each boy a one or two inch three ring notebook/binder that he
can keep as a "scrapbook", already prepared with note paper, plain
paper, photo sheets, a hole puncher, scotch tape, colored pencils, a
regular pencil or pen, etc.... One or two disposable cameras that each
have about 24 shots are easy to come by and great fun for children and
teens to use. The prints can be developed on board (for a price) or
be added to the book after you get home and have the photos processed
there. The boys should put something in their scrapbook each evening,
or perhaps during sea days when they have a little more time on their
hands to think back on two or three days worth of activity. They can
use a copy of the ship's daily to act as daily dividers for the
notebook pages (use the hole puncher to add them to the notebook).
What can go into the scrapbook? ticket stubs from shore excursions,
airplane rides, or even their cruise ticket, picture postcards
(readily available and usually relatively cheap), brochures (each
island on your itinerary has a tourist bureau that will have racks of
free literature), photographs, flyers from the ship, etc.... They
should be encouraged to decorate the front of the notebook with
photographs or postcards, especially one of the ship that you are
sailing on--always a nice centerpiece for the cover!! Writing just a
paragraph or two about what they have seen or done each day is also a
nice "diary" type touch! If writing is uncomfortable or difficult,
then drawing something they have seen or recall serves somewhat the
same purpose.
I hate to admit it, but I have done a scrapbook like this for each
cruise that I have been on--always terrific reminder of what we did,
saw and experienced on each day of the voyage, and a great place to
put all the little flyers, photographs, invites and other materials
that one just doesn't want to toss in the trash after a trip!
2. Using the shore excursion desciption for any tour that you are
taking, design a "treasure hunt" or "scavenger hunt" for specific
items that the boys should know to look for or pick up at each spot
you will be stopping on the tour. Depending on what you elect to do,
they should look for specific monuments or structures to photograph,
specific plants or animals that are native to the location--once again
to photograph or get a postcard of, a copy or photograph of the local
flag, a local restaurant menu, a coin of local currency, the name of
the country's President or Prime Minister, etc.... The boy who
collects the most items on the list deserves some sort of
prize--perhaps a ship's T shirt that he can pick out for himself in
the gift shop. Competition often adds a certain amount of impetus to
do these things, especially with teenage boys!
3. If you are doing a snorkeling trip, make a list of the local fish
that they might see while they are swimming, and see which boy can
come up with the longest list of fish that he spotted and identified.
If this appeals, let me know, and I can prepare a list for you.
4. Maps often appeal to older children, and geography is a lost art
that modern children should be encouraged to learn something about.
You can print out maps of all of your destinations and have the boys
plot their route at sea (there will be a map with the ship's course
plotted on display somewhere in the Guest Relations area) as well as
on land to highlight the places they have been and the distances and
directions in between. Perhaps even a little GPS locator might be fun
for the boys to use during the trip. The ship's Navigation Officer or
Chief Officer will wnat to be informed if you are having the boys do a
project like this--they will be interested, and happy to help!
Something along these lines might be better--and more fun---for the
boys as opposed to a "quiz"!
Please e-mail me if you have any further questions, or would like me
to offer further assistance: caldw...@pipeline.com If the
scrapbook idea appeals, let me know and I will be happy to put the
basics together for you--notebook supplies are easy to come by at my
school and there are plenty of goodies in my supply closet to share!!
Bestest,
Peg
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 15:58:13 -0500, "Daniel R. Bonham" <no...@home.com>
wrote:
>I am taking a cruise in March with two teenage boys (15 & 16). Aside from
Neil Gillis
"scrapbook." Here are a couple more ideas you might incorporate: log of
weather and sea conditions; used plastic medicine bottle w/ cap for sand
samples at various locations and small plastic magnifier to look at sand and
describe composition; collect/identify mineral/rock samples found in
locations, often available at local shops; find dark place on deck at night
and look for constellations, planets etc and lastly the use of a GPS as Peg
suggested can be loads of fun having done it with my grandchildren.
Have a great trip.
Neil
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Daniel R. Bonham
son home from Romania the first time I had him put some sand from Constanta
Beach in a jar so he would always have a piece of his birth land. Customs
made a big deal of it but finally allowed it when I explained the
circumstances and that the jar would never be opened. Not sure what the
issue with foreign soil was but hopefullly it is not an issue anymore.
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Rosalie B.
>I am taking a cruise in March with two teenage boys (15 & 16). Aside from
>the really obvious, I was trying to come up with some fun educational quiz
>type questions to ask them about Haiti, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel.
Won't they be in some kind of teen program on the ship?
>Any fun or unusual type questions you can think of to add to the quiz? One
>boy is from Romania and only been in America for five years. The other has
>never been further than a hundred mile radius of our small Indiana town.
>
The other ideas have all been excellent, but instead of a quiz that
you give them, you might want them to make one for you.
And also you might ask them to compare and contrast the various ports.
What things are different between Jamaica and Cozumel for instance.
And for a more difficult exercise - what things are the same. If they
do some writing, those things can go into their trip diary.
I took my grandson (almost 14) with me to Ireland and England. He had
a diary that he wrote in, and he also had both a digital and a film
camera and took lots of photos. He also shopped for things to give to
his family when he got home (he had money that his dad gave him, and
my husband also gave him some money).
I downloaded the digital photos that both of us took onto my laptop,
and each day I would post a trip report to myspace for his parents. He
also had a myspace page that he put photos etc. on.
Peri
(snip)
> But, as a teacher, I can
> guarantee you that the boys will get a whole lot more (from an
> educational point of view) out of one or more of the following ideas.
Peg, I just want to say YOU ROCK. (Neil, you too!). How awesome to
spend the time coming up with and sharing such great ideas. And then
not only that, but offering to help with supplies.
Your students are clearly very lucky to have you. As are we on RTC.
~ Peri
M.Paul
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Don't know how much "fun" you could make from it, but the CIA has compiled
worldwide country infomation available for you at their website:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
-M.Paul
Lab Dog Lover
1) In my experience "Scrapbooks" are for pre-teen girls. Most teen age
boys wouldn't be too thrilled about doing something like that.
2) Unless you are traveling during school time and have promised their
teachers to do something educational, don't. Vacation time for kids is
vacation time, just as it is for adults.
3) If the boys enjoy water, hook up with a snorkel or scuba excursion.
Buy them those disposable underwater cameras. Being siblings they will
naturally compete to see who gets the coolest pictures. A natural
curiosity may lead them to search on the internet to identify the sea
creatures they shot. This can happen without imposing any educational
activities on them.
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Daniel R. Bonham
something I am doing well before the cruise. The overall goal is to give the
boys a better knowledge of the places they will be visiting in addition to
giving the whole trip "educational value".
I marked at the top of the quiz (that I am already typing) "Learn & Earn!
One Dollar Onboard Credit For Every Correct Answer"
Each boy will have 50 questions. 10 about each port of call and 10 nautical
questions.
But I have been offered some educational suggestions for activities during
the cruise that I like (and greatly appreciate) so it is working out all
around.
Dan <---- Happy He Has The Teacher's Copy of the quiz :)
P.S. The boys are missing one day of school after spring break because of
flight arrangements. So the get a bonus!
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> snipped
>
> 2) Unless you are traveling during school time and have promised their
> teachers to do something educational, don't. Vacation time for kids is
> vacation time, just as it is for adults.
>
> snipped
Daniel R. Bonham
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> snipped
> Being siblings they will naturally compete to see who gets the coolest
> pictures. snipped
Rosalie B.
I figured that out from your description of them.
But there still might be rivalry.
Gadge...@webtv.net
Name the island nation that has the highest murder rate: Jamaica
Name the island that has none of these problems because it is not
independent: Cayman
Charles
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Tom K
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> Oh yeah. I guess I forgot to mention that one of the boys aint mine!
>
>
To start... the way I see it... you owe them 2 dollars each.... (as teacher
you lose one dollar for using the word "ain't"... and another dollar for
missing the ' in ain't). LOL.
--Tom