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This site gives great tips and resources for teaching science.

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A New and Easy Way to Earn Professional Learning Credit Hours

NSTA Professional Learning Units are self-paced, flexible short courses designed around relevant science education topics. PLU's support student-centered learning and can be used toward continuing education credits.
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NSTA Professional Learning Units are self-paced, flexible short courses designed around relevant science education topics. PLU's support student-centered learning and can be used toward continuing education credits. Get Started

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I love to read, mainly fiction but I'm working on reading some a few books from other genres.

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Great resource for a flipped classroom.

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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I received my BS in Biology and minored in chemistry.

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Where I received my teaching certificate, through TCIP (Teaching Certificate Internship Program).

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I worked on this boat after graduating. Great cause!

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A.J. Meerwald

The Schooner A.J. Meerwald is New Jersey's official Tall Ship. She is a restored oyster dredging schooner, whose home port is in Bivalve, Commercial Township, New Jersey. Launched in 1928, A.J. Meerwald was one of hundreds of schooners built along South Jersey's Bayshore before the decline of the shipbuilding industry which coincided with the Great Depression.

Today, the A.J. Meerwald is used by the Bayshore Center at Bivalve for onboard educational programs in the Delaware Bay near Bivalve, and at other ports in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware region. The A.J. Meerwald was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1995.

Career (USA)

Name: A.J. Meerwald
Owner: Bayshore Discovery Project
Ordered: 1928
Builder: Charles H. Stowman & Sonos shipyard
Acquired: 1989
Fate: educational vessel

The A.J. Meerwald is a Delaware Bay Oyster Schooner, a distinct vessel that evolved to meet the needs of the local oyster fishery. The A.J. Meerwald, launched in 1928, was one of hundreds of schooners built along South Jersey's Delaware Bay before the decline of the shipbuilding industry during Great Depression. The A.J. Meerwald embodies the true spirit of the schooner; adapted to efficiently fulfill the prevailing conditions and specific demands of her native waters. While there were once as many as five hundred schooners sailing 'up the Bay' to catch oysters, now there are only a handful of converted schooners still harvesting oysters.

1928: The Meerwald family of South Dennis commissioned Charles H. Stowman & Sons shipyard to build the A.J. Meerwald. She was a bald headed (without topmasts), gaff riffed oyster dredge. The oystering gear consisted of a winder, or gas powered winch, for hauling in the dredges.

1942: In June the Maritime Commission commandeered the A.J. Meerwald under the War Powers Act. She was turned over to the U.S. Coast Guard and outfitted as a fireboat.

1947: In January the A.J. Meerwald was returned to the Meerwald family. Eight months later they sold the vessel to Clyde A. Phillips who used her as an oyster dredge under power. The winder installed for dredging consisted of a power takeoff mounted forward of the engine. She became the Clyde A. Phillips.

1959: Ownership passed to Cornelius (Nicky) Campbell who outfitted her for surf clamming. During the 1960's she was owned by American Clam and operated primarily as a clam dredge into the late 1970's. She was eventually retired until her donation to Bayshore Center at Bivalve in 1989.

1988: Bayshore Center at Bivalve was formed and the Clyde A. Phillips was given to the project by Captain John Gandy.

1992: Clyde A. Phillips was lifted by crane from the river and set in Bivalve, NJ for restoration.

1995: Clyde A. Phillips was rechristened and launched as the A.J. Meerwald and added to the National Register of Historic Places. She offers Public Sails, Charters, Family and Youth Camps, as well as Adult and Youth Education Sails throughout the Delaware River and Bay area, and along the Atlantic Coast.

1998: Governor Whitman designated the A.J. Meerwald New Jersey's Official Tall Ship.

General Characteristics:
Type: two-masted gaff schooner
Tonnage: 57 tons
Length: 85 feet (26 m) on deck
Beam: 22 feet (6.7 m)
Height: 70 feet (21 m)
Draft: 6 feet (1.8 m)
Propulsion: sail; auxiliary engine
Sail plan: mainsail, foresail, large jib
Capacity: 49 passengers
Notes: Oak hull; 3,562 square feet (330.9 m2) total sail area

The Schooner is registered as 76.1' between perpendiculars, 22.3' beam, 6' depth of hold, 46 net tons and 57 gross tons. She measures 85' on deck and 115' overall when fully rigged. Her construction was/remains 'oak on oak' meaning oak planks laid on oak frames, as was tradition in Dorchester built vessels. She has relatively light scantlings, no knees and no horntimber which is also characteristic of Dorchester Schooners.

Specifications:
Sparred Length: 115 feet
Length on Deck: 85 feet
Draft: 6 feet (without Centerboard)
12 feet (with Centerboard down)
Beam: 22 feet 3 inches
Rig Height: 70 feet
Freeboard: 4 feet
Sail Area: 3,562 sq. feet
Gross Tonnage: 57 tons

The A.J. Meerwald was launched on September 7, 1928 by Charles H. Stowman & Sons at Dorchester, NJ. She was built a wood centerboard schooner with low freeboard and a raked transom stern designed for oyster dredging under sail and power. She had minimal draft, considerable beam and a flush deck from stem to stern. Her original sail rig, as evidenced in photographs taken during her first oystering season in 1929, typified the new style schooners; bald-headed (without topmasts), gaff rigged, with a large 'gloriana peaked' mainsail, a smaller foresail, and spike bowsprit supporting a single large club staysail.

To find out more about the restoration and special features of the A.J. Meerwald visit the Bayshore Center or contact the Museum Curator at museum@bayshorecenter.org or 856.785.2060 x109

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A.J. Meerwald - Bayshore Center At Bivalve

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The Schooner A.J. Meerwald is New Jersey's official Tall Ship. She is a restored oyster dredging schooner, whose home port is in Bivalve, Commercial Township, New Jersey. Launched in 1928, A.J. Meerwald was one of hundreds of schooners built along South Jersey's Bayshore before the decline of the shipbuilding industry which coincided with the Great Depression.

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I really enjoy baking. I make all of the Thanksgiving pies for my friends and family. (Last year I made 16 pies).

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Blog I follow on Twitter and Facebook. Has great articles!

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George Lucas Educational Foundation

The benefits of movement in the classroom aren't limited to younger students. Pairing new words and concepts with gestures or dance moves locks in understanding-and active brain breaks prime students to learn even more.

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A free source of information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education.