Osaka Cup 2003 Educational Units
The Osaka Cup is a yacht race between Melbourne and Osaka, Japan. Commencing in 1987, the fifth running of the cup starts on 15 March, 2003 from the Sandringham Yacht Club, Melbourne.

Units for middle school students
Use this web site to develop an understanding of the lead up to the race and then follow the race in March 2003.

	Activity 1	From Melbourne to Osaka: Race Overview
	Activity 2	Challenging the Elements
	Activity 3	Sister Cities & Sister Ports: Melbourne & Osaka
	Activity 4	Following the Osaka Cup

Linking to the Curriculum
The Osaka Cup Yacht Race occurs in an environment that undergoes significant change during the course of the race - the Pacific Ocean. Here is an opportunity for students to learn more about the maritime environment.

Students will learn through the series of 4 activities about the natural processes that cause change to the environment and investigate the ways that people use and interact with the environment. Case studies of particular yachts in the race will allow students to focus on the local area in which the yacht is sailing and the regional scale of the area through which the yacht sails on its way to Japan.

Students will learn about the extent to which people and environments affect each other. The on board perceptions of the yachtsmen to their environment and their fellow sailors will become evident in the case studies. En route maps tracking the path of yachts will show each yacht’s response to the environment and the change over time in their response to the environment. No-one entering the race knows how the environment will affect them at the outset, but each yacht undertakes a variety of experiences along its route and responds accordingly to the impact of each event.

With the possibilities of the unpredictable occurring, awareness of safety issues and international response regulations and organisations are necessary.

For further information related to these educational units please contact:
Denise Miles - Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc.
Tel: +61 3 9824 8355 Fax: +61 3 9824 8295
Email: gtavdp@netspace.net.au
Web: www.pa.ash.org.au/gtav/default.htm

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