Submariner Terminology

Vocabulary Match

                                       

Level:                   Elementary School

 

Subject:                English

 

Objective:             Students will learn the meanings of specific terms common to submariners.

 

Materials:             Glossary of Submariner Terms found in the Russian Submarine Museum Curriculum Guide

 

Task:                    Students will demonstrate knowledge of submariner terminology by matching words to definitions.

 

Activity:               The terminology match may be accomplished individually or played as a game in class. A student will be asked to correctly match the word to its definition as outlined in the Glossary of Submariner Terms with points awarded for correct answers.

                          

Circumstances of performance: This student work is to be produced under the following work conditions:

 

_x__ alone                               _x_ in a group

_x_ in class                              ___ as homework

___ with teacher feedback       ___ timed

___ with peer feedback           ___ opportunity for revision

 

 

VOCABULARY MATCH

 

___ "THE PICKLE"                                      a. The internal hull in a submarine which is cylindrical and built to withstand heavy pressure.

 

___ SCOPE                                                b. The right side of the boat.

 

___ STERN                                                c. Where the captain stays to direct a submerged attack.

 

___ EXTERNAL HULL                                 d. The front of the submarine.

 

___ BOW AND STERN PLANES                    e. The "walls" of a submarine

 

___ PORT SIDE                                           f. Aboard United States submarines, the switch that raises and lowers the scopes.

 

___ PRESSURE HULL                                  g. The rear of the boat.

 

___ GANOMIE                                            h. All openings between the sub's compartments are closed off so that if there is a leak in one, the water will not flow into the rest of the submarine and sink it.

 

___ BULKHEADS                                        i. Guiding fins that determine the submarine's angle of dive and permit the submarine to stay at any desired depth under water.

 

___ RIG FOR DEPTH CHARGE                     j. The left side of the boat.

 

___ STARBOARD                                       k. The hull of a submarine that is thinner and which holds the ballast tanks.

 

___ CONNING TOWER                               l. Short for periscope; the eyes of the submarine. There are two on each boat. They can be raised above the water while submerged and permit the submarine to see without being seen.

 

___ BOW                                                 m. A strange creature who fouls things up - a seagoing "Gremlin"