A youth-focused, hands-on, experiential education program that is part of Rockland’s Oceanside High School alternative education programming, which was part of an effort to reduce high school drop-out rates. I co-designed the curriculum and co-taught the program, which included science, woodworking, metalworking, seamanship, and team-building skills. The students learned how to tie knots, handle boats, navigate, use hand and power tools, make orthographic drawings, work together, and be kind to one another.

For our final project, we collaborated with marine engineer and submarine designer Graham Hawkes on building one of his first SeaRocket prototypes. The SeaRocket, a hand-launched surface-to-sea-floor probe, was designed to empower ocean access and make ocean-floor exploration possible for everyone. We worked with the students to fabricate all the components of 2 SeaRockets, which we then launched in the Rockland harbor, collecting data and footage.