Since opening in January 1999, the Battleship Missouri Memorial has attracted 9-million visitors from around the world with a fascinating tour experience showcasing the USS Missouri’s unique place in history.
To schedule a free experience or to learn more, email Neil Yamamoto at Missouri Memorial
In order to take part in the Battleship Missouri Memorial’s virtual field trip, schools will need a Skype account, which can be created for free at a web-enabled camera, speakers, and computer with reliable internet and YouTube access. through 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, Hawaii Standard Time (HST). Each field trip concludes with a student-based question and answer session.Ĭlasses are available from 7 a.m. For students grades seven through twelfth, the discussion also includes a more in-depth conversation about World War II and the Missouri’s famous role in that war. The one-hour virtual field trip takes students on a tour back in time, explaining the ship’s place in history, length of service, and explains the impressive magnitude of her size and power of her guns. Bringing the history of the USS Missouri to life for those who are unable to visit the ship in person, this Skype-in educational program has allowed students in classrooms from countries including, the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, India, Morocco, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, the unique chance to learn more about the historic Mighty Mo. The Battleship Missouri Memorial’s “Skype in the Classroom” began in 2009 and has since “traveled” over one million miles to classrooms all over the world. This year marks a significant opportunity to get a glimpse of the USS Missouri’s place in history as the Battleship Missouri Memorial commemorates the 75th anniversary of the End of WWII on September 2, 2020. Students are invited to take a virtual field trip to the Mighty Mo and experience America’s last battleship. Pearl Harbor, HI – (March 31, 2020) – The Battleship Missouri Memorial is encouraging students to continue engaging, learning and exploring from home during this unprecedented time. You should keep a track of your shots on the second window (with hits and misses), and a record of your enemies shots at you in the first window.Take A Free Virtual Field Trip Of The Battleship Missouri Memorial Online Classroom Experience for Students Grades 5 through 12 If a boat has all blips hit, you must declare "You sunk my battleship" to tell the other player a boat has been destroyed. When your enemy gives you a coordinate of where he is shooting, you must say "Hit" or "Miss" to tell them if one of your boats lies on that coordinate. Take it in turns to call a coordinate of a point where you think the enemy might have a boat. In the second window, keep track of where you shoot, and the hits and misses you get. In the first window, keep a track of where your enemy fires. Once you have positioned your boats, click " Fix Positions" to set the positions of the boats (from now you can not move the boats without resetting the whole activity). You can turn the boats sideways by grabbing the purple points of the boats. In the first window, position your boats on the map by grabbong the blue points, so that each boat takes up the designated spaces. You need an opponent for this game, and they need to have the same window open on their computer. This is the classic game of Battleship, and we are going to use it to practise our coordinate skills.