Navigation and Traditional Sailing – Hawaii Sea Grant

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Navigation and Traditional Sailing

We meet traditional navigator Sesario Sewralur and traditional sailor Tim Gilliom and learn about finding your way across the ocean using only your senses.

Watch the trailer for Season 1, Episode 16 on Vimeo or Youtube.

FULL EPISODE

***Or watch this episode on* *YouTube***

Curriculum Connections:

Grade 3: The Forces of Wind
- Activity: Sailing by the Force of the Wind
- Traditional Ways of Knowing: The Hōkūle’a

Grades 6-12: Wayfinding and Navigation
- Traditional Ways of Knowing: Polynesian Stick Charts
- Weird Science: Animal Migration

Additional Resources:

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Contact information:
Kanesa Seraphin, Ph.D.
kanesa@hawaii.edu