The Voyage of the Mimi
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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.
Every episode was a completely educational learning episode, and the viewers were taught something scientific relating the previous plot episode of the show. For example, the episode's plot would about obtaining drinkable water and over the course of the episode, the viewer would also be given lessons about condensation, heat, and the three states of matter. Every lesson had accompanying student and teacher handouts or worksheets.
The Voyage of the Mimi starred a young Ben Affleck as C.T. Granville, and Peter Marston as his grandfather Captain Granville. Marston was a scientist at MIT during the production of the program and used to own the actual ship, the Mimi.
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 conspiracy along the way.
Episode list
- All Aboard
- Setting Sail
- On the Shoals
- Counting Whales
- Going Fishing
- Home Movies
- Hunting the Whale
- The Storm
- Shipwrecked
- Making Dew
- The Feast
- Rolling Home
- Separate Ways
Related sites
- [Voyage of the Mimi I Sites]
- [IMDB entry]
- [Bank Street Corner's Voyage of the Mimi page]
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