A FREE lesson your learners will always remember! A New DVD Film, Death March from Bataan to Manchuria: Raising a Survivor's Voice Discrepant Event Lesson Title: The Titanic Fishing Boats Subject: Science Physical Science, Life Science, Geography, Economics, Center of Gravity, Buoyancy, Storms, Ships, Fishing. Science: Buoyancy, Video 96 views dtse.org 5 min 41 sec - May 3, 2006 dtse.org Discrepant Event Lessons by Professor William C. Bruce Jean K. Bruce Taken from their books: Mindtronics! and Inquiry Alive! Brought to you by Home Tree Media: Web Address of a "teacher must have" Power Point, 120 Slides Presentation: Lesson Planning By Professor William C. Bruce Lesson Planning     Home Tree Media Strapya Inc. WOW! Unique! Back to Free Resources and Lessons 2 William C. 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Mindtronics! and Inquiry Alive! will help you use the best methods, that work, when conducting a discrepant event lesson. Brought to you by Home Tree Media The Titanic Fishing Boats DISCREPANT EVENT The Americus and Altair left Dutch Harbor with two other boats to fish the stormy seas off Alaska's coast. Each of the four boats, alike in design, had a safe trip to the Bering Sea. The men on board the boats were eagerly counting on a big catch. Shortly after entering the fishing grounds, all human life on the Americus and Altair disappeared. The two remaining boats left the fishing grounds. The two remaining boats set a course back to their homeport. The crew on the two boats reached home without harm. The Titanic Fishing Boats DISCIPLINE: Physical Science, Life Science, Geography, Economics. The Titanic Fishing Boats KEY CONCEPTS: Center of Gravity, Buoyancy, Storms, Ships, Fishing. The Titanic Fishing Boats PROBLEM STATEMENT: Why would four seemingly identical fishing boats suffer different fates when fishing in same area of the Bering Sea? The Titanic Fishing Boats PROBABLE SOLUTION: 1. Two of the four identical fishing boats, the Americus and the Altair, were repainted before the fishing expeditions in the Bering Sea. 2. Painters, reportedly directed by the ships' builders, mistakenly measured the height of the waterline marker (boot top stripe). The boot top stripe encircles boats. The waterline mark helps the crew know whether the boat is loaded properly. The Americus and the Altair had the wrong stripe waterline marker. 3. The waterline, of the Americus and the Altair, painted six inches above the proper position on the hull, influenced the improper loading. The incorrect boot top stripe was a factor in the ships' sinking. 4. When the two improperly paint-marked ships fished in the turbulent waters in the Bering Sea they rode top-heavy. The waves capsized the ships. 5. Ship stability is vital, as weight above decks must never overpower the weight below. The Titanic Fishing Boats POSSIBLE STUDENT HYPOTHESES: 1. The Americus and the Altair collided while fishing when the radar and sonar malfunctioned. 2. The crew of the two sunken boats had little experience fishing in the turbulent waters of the Bering Sea. The crew of the other ships had more experience. 3. The owners of the ill-fated boats overloaded the boats trying to collect on their insurance resources, to pay off the Mafia. 4. A tidal wave hit two of the boats and overturned them. 5. Environmental terrorists planted bombs on the two boats sinking them. 6. Improper welding techniques caused the two boats to form leaks. 7. Whales caught in the nets capsized the ships. The Titanic Fishing Boats FACT SHEET: 1. Cross tanking, a method of adding ballast to compensate for fuel consumption below deck, is thought a link to the sinking of the boats. 2. Improperly positioned drag gear is also considered a factor in the boats sinking. Incorrect ship stability, partly resulting from incorrect marking of the boot top stripe, compromised the ships. 3. The incorrect boot top stripe (marking) gave the illusion of the boat riding higher in the water, displacing 36 to 40 tons. The higher stripe (six inches higher) was painted to protect the hulls by extending the bottom anti-fouling paint further up the sides. 4. The Americus and the Altair captains were experienced leaders with no history of carelessness. 5. The owners of the ill-fated boats had nothing to do with loading the boats. No Mafia connections were found. 6. No tidal waves were reported in the Pacific during the incident. The boats docked in a secure dock in Alaska and in Washington. Debris found showed no proof of an explosion. 7. All four sister ships had the same welding systems. The boats underwent an inspection of the hull plates before the trip to the Bering Sea. 8. Fourteen crewmen died when the Americus and the Altair disappeared. The sinking and loss of life remains one of the single most tragic event in the history of Anacortes, Washington. Radar records show no proof of a collision. The overturned hull of one boat showed no signs of a collision. 9. Author Patrick Dillon addresses the sinking of the boats in his book, Lost At Sea: An American Tragedy. 10. The boats left Dutch Harbor for the start of the crabbing season with crab pots. The boats carried the weight of two 690-pound refrigerators stacked high on the decks. 11. The capsized Americus was sighted on February 14, 1983. A raft from the Altair was seen on March 14, 1983. An official record stated: Fishing vessel AMERICUS, O.N. 618390, capsizing and sinking--fishing vessel ALTAIR, O.N. 618390, disappearance on or about 14 February 1983 in the Bering Sea with presumed multiple loss of life. 12. Fishers in the Bering Sea are about 16 times more likely to die in the line of duty than police officers in the U.S. Much of the seafood caught in U.S. waters comes from Alaska. Wholesale commercial fishing in Alaska provides a $1.2 billion-a-year industry. 13. Some of the most dangerous weather in the world rages against boats in the Bering Sea. The Bering Sea moves from dead calm to wild in a few hours. Life jackets are useless in 34-degree water. A person thrown into the water has about a 20-minute life expectancy. The Bering Sea extends north of the Alaska Peninsula, excluding the Western Aleutian Islands. 14. The Altair was never found. The Americus was spotted by the Singapore freighter the next afternoon, capsized, with only her hull floating above water The Titanic Fishing Boats REFERENCES and RESOURCES: All Things Considered (National Public Radio), December 1993, Bering Sea Ecosystem May Be Threatened by Fishing, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition © 2000, Columbia University Press. Andersen, Peggy, 2001, Commercial Fishermen Talk Job Safety, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition © 2000, Columbia University Press. Barbara Taylor, 1990, Liquid and Buoyancy, Franklin Watts. Barcott, Bruce, 1998, Young Men and the Sea: The Icy Waters off Alaska, Fertile Yet Treacherous for Fishermen, Showed No Mercy to Two Hardy Boats, Newsday. Clark, Maureen, 2001, Search Continues For Missing Vessel, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition © 2000, Columbia University Press. Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen, 1998, The Magic School Bus In The Arctic: A Book About Heat, Magic School Bus Series, Scholastic, Inc. _____and Bruce Degen, 1996, The Magic School Bus Ups And Downs: A Book About Floating and Sinking, Magic School Bus Series, Scholastic, Inc. Colson, David, A., 1995, Current Issues in International Fishery Conservation and Management, vol. 6, U.S. Department of State Dispatch. Congressional Testimony, 1998, U.S. Ownership of Fishing Vessels, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition © 2000, Columbia University Press. Dillon, Patrick, 1998, Lost At Sea: An American Tragedy, Dial Press, NY. National Geographic, July 2001, Mayday, Lost at Sea, National Geographic Special, Public Broadcasting Station. Parfit, Michael, February 1999, Review: Troubled Waters, Lost at Sea: An American Tragedy By Patrick Dillon. The New York Times, The New York Times Company, NY. Saporito, Bill and Thomas J. Martin, May 1993, The Most Dangerous Job in America, Fortune. Stillman, Drake, Two New Sciences, Including Centers of Gravity and Force of Percussion, Books on Demand. Willis, Shirley, 1999, Tell Me How Ships Float. The Titanic Fishing Boats NOTE: The following links have been updated for Home Tree Media's online visitors. 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