Requesting Boats

Polar Educators* may submit a boat request form at any time. Depending on the quantity of available boats and submitted requests, confirmation will be made via email with the educator before shipping boats to them. 

 

Annual request deadlines are in late August while supplies last within our program capacity. The annual announcement is made by mass email to the Float Your Boat email list. Then, within a month of the request deadline, organizers will be in contact with educators to let them know if they will be receiving boats.

 

Finally, educators will ship boats back to Float Your Boat at the University of Washington in addition to sending an email with a short summary about how they incorporated the boats into their teaching/outreach and at least 3 photos to be used for the Float Your Boat blog. Completed decorated boats returned to the UW Polar Science Center by February 1 will be deployed during spring field season, and those returned by May 1 will be deployed during the summer field season. 

 

Float Your Boat organizers will work with each educator’s specific nuanced details through email and phone. There are no guarantees that all requests will be filled. Educators should anticipate 8-10 weeks necessary to receive boats (as supplies are available).

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Make Your Own Boats

Educators may consider making their own boats using our unique specifications using rough cut cedar 2x4 lumber and a jig or band saw. Educators MUST complete the form below indicating their interest in making boats and get email approval to do so. These boats will then be shipped to the UW Polar Science Center to be branded with the website and serial numbers. Educators must complete the ‘Request Form’ and communicate with Float Your Boat organizers to get the simple template. 

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Arctic teaching ideas can be found in the menu bar above: Teaching Tools.

 

*Polar Educators are formal and non-formal educators with polar expertise and experiences such as PolarTREC, Polar Educators International, and other polar focused outreach/education professionals.