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Seems like we've discussed Fishing Unit Studies before---but I wanted to comment on a GREAT set of dvds my dh brought home and we positively consumed. Some of you may have seen these on the Discovery Channel (which we don't get, so forgive me if I'm beating a dead horse!): "Deadliest Catch" about the Alaskan King Crab fishing industry. I know, I know, sounds ...er...exciting...but actually, it really is. Gives me a renewed respect for those commercial fisherman (and I actually know a boat-load of them, personally, but fishermen in our warmer waters, not fishermen from the bitter Bering Seas..I had little idea of the vicissitudes they face.) Man, what a job. Anyway, my kids all begged to watch the whole series. Expletives, yes, but they are bleeped out. This would actually be a fertile springboard for a unit study on northern seas, on crabs, on Alaska, boats. For older kids, you could pair the movie with reading the book "Cod"-about that fishing industry (an excellent book). Back to the dvd, though, an excellent series. It'll change our nonchalant attitude toward eating King Crab.
Kelly in FL
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We really like that series, too. Very exciting. The books that spawned the series are also excellent. We will be reading some for our nautical unit. Where did you get the DVDs? We looked for them on Netflix but didn't see them there.
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lapazfarm wrote:
| We really like that series, too. Very exciting. The books that spawned the series are also excellent. We will be reading some for our nautical unit. Where did you get the DVDs? We looked for them on Netflix but didn't see them there. |
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Books that spawned the series? I had no idea, what books are those????
My dh actually splurged and and bought the series at a Discovery Store on the way home from a two-week trip (instead of bringing individual presents). If you can't find 'em, Theresa, pm me, and I can lend them to you.
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The books are by Spike Walker and they are very exciting. We have the first one Working on the Edge and dh has read the next as well. We love anything Alaskan. Be sure to preview for language before reading aloud to littles.They are sailors, after all!LOL!
Oh, and I will be PMing you for sure!
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Cod...that's a Mark Kurlansky, book, right? You could also try The Founding Fish, about the history and sport of Shad fishing. I really thought it would be dull, but it's wonderful!!! It makes me want to go shad fishing  .
I love fishing, though I don't get to go as often as I'd like. 
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Thanks for the leads, ladies. I'll check them out!
In the meantime, it occurs to me to plug ANOTHER series of books bearing on fishing, and general ocean biology. Written by a biologist that lives nearby (in the land of the white squirrel, MacBeth, the FL. panhandle beach area...), the series is about living in a small North Florida fishing town, his interaction with the fishermen-going out on the boats and whatnot, and his search for marine and estuarine specimens along our "forgotten coast". The author's name is Jack Rudloe, and there are several books in the series. The first is "The Sea Brings Forth"-which I read as a highschooler, and loved, and the the latest is "The Wilderness Coast"-a great read. To meet the fellow, he's pretty unimposing, but he actually turns a very nice phrase, almost lyrical-I have very much enjoyed his books. Not riveting reading like Alaskan King Crab in the Bering Sea, but very interesting, along the lines of "Sand County Almanac" or something.
Kelly in FL
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