The Voyage of the Mimi

The Voyage of the Mimi was a 13 episode educational TV program that featured the crew of the Mimi exploring the ocean and taking a census of humpback whales. The show was created by The Bank Street College of Education in 1984 to teach middle-schoolers about science and math in an interesting and interactive way, where every lesson related to real world applications.

Related Topics:
Humpback whales - Science - Math

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Every episode was a completely educational learning episode, where you were taught something scientific relating the previous plot episode of the show. For example, they'd have a plot episode about obtaining drinkable water, and turn it into a lesson about condensation, heat, and the three states of matter. Or the writers would create an episode about the captain becoming hypothermic, and integrate into the story a lesson about the body. Every lesson had accompanying student and teacher handouts or worksheets.

Related Topics:
Condensation - Heat - States of matter - Hypothermic

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The Voyage of the Mimi starred a young Ben Affleck as C.T. Granville, and Peter Marston as his uncle Captain Granville. Marston is a scientist at MIT and used to own the actual Mimi ship.

Related Topics:
Ben Affleck - MIT

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There was a second series produced, The Second Voyage of the Mimi, where the two Granvilles, along with other archaeologists, searched for a lost Mayan city, and uncovered a hokey Scooby Doo-like conspiracy along the way.

Related Topics:
The Second Voyage of the Mimi - Mayan - Scooby Doo

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