Discovering ports and related human activities

Collect the authorization forms signed by the parents of all students to participate to the visit.

Choose a port near from the school which includes various economic activities: boating, professional fishing, tourism activities etc.

Download and print a map of the port (usually available for all ports) on the Internet, or from an online mapping service (Maps type). If necessary a sketch can be made.

Find from the online mapping site, the various important places in the port: harbor master’s office, boats’ yards (fishing, boating, trade), gas station, repair yard, nautical base etc.

Take in reference the elements of the chapter on maritime economy.

Organize the class excursion in the port (by foot or by school transportation).

Give each student a map or sketch of the port.

Field visit: Start the visit with the presentation of human activities in the port (with a fisherman or a guide) then the port activities [i.e.: boating, tourism, sports and leisure, traditional and port activities etc.].
Ask students to find these places and write them down on the map.

Classroom activity: Make groups of 4 students and ask them to carry out the port plan with all the human activities which they will categorize (tourism, traditional activities etc.). Other types of activities, not visited, can be added by students.