Content Standards
The exhibits of the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf support Alabama Course of Study Content Standards. We have created a list of museum exhibits with correlating content standards to help you plan your field trip. Please note that the list below includes the new Alabama Course of Study Science Content Standards that go into effect beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, and the new Social Studies Content Standards that go into effect during the 2026-2027 school year.
Alabama Course of Study Content Standards supported by the following exhibits
LOBBY AREA-America’s Sea and Shores of the Gulf
AMERICA’S SEA
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9
Grade 1: 8, 8a, 9
Grade 2: 9a. 10, 10a
Grade 3: 1, 1b, 1c, 8, 9a, 9b, 11, 11a
Grade 5: 11
SHORES OF THE GULF
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 5: 1, 1b
DECK 1A –Navigation (Maritime Matters Exhibit)
CONTAINER SHIP INFO NEAR THEATER AND POOL
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 5: 11
LAND HO!
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9
Grade 1: 8, 8a, 9
Grade 2: 8, 9, 9a, 10
MATHEMATICS
Grade 4: 24, 25
POLARIS STANDS STILL
SCIENCE
Grade 1: 8
Grade 5: 11
POLARIS POINTS THE WAY
SCIENCE
Grade 1: 8
Grade 5: 11
WHICH NORTH IS NORTH?
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 9
FIND YOUR LATITUDE WITH ANCIENT TOOLS
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9
Grade 8: 11a.
MATHEMATICS
Grade 4: 24, 2.
USE A SEXTANT TO FIND YOUR LATITUDE
SCIENCE
Grade 4: 7
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9
Grade 8: 11a
MATHEMATICS
Grade 4: 24, 25
CHART A COURSE
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9
Grade 1: 8, 8a, 9
Grade 2: 9a, 10, 10a
Grade 3: 1, 1b.
Grade 7: 1, 1a, 1b, 1d
WHERE IS YOUR SHIP?
SCIENCE
Grade 4: 13
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9
Grade 1: 8, 8a, 9
Grade 2: 10, 10a
Grade 3: 1, 1a, 1b, 1c
Grade 7: 1, 1a, 1b, 1d
Grade 8: 11a
MATHEMATICS
Grade 4: 20, 22
SATELLITES CAN HELP YOU FIND YOUR LOCATION
SCIENCE
Grade 3: 3, 4
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9
BOAT AND SHIP DESIGN
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 10a
DESIGN BASICS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade 1: 11
Grade 2: 15, 18, 19
Grade 3: 13
Grade 4: 14
Grade 5: 11
PLANK A BOAT
MATHEMATICS
Kindergarten: 20, 21, 22, 23
Grade 1: 22
PROPULSION GETS YOU GOING
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 10a
SET SAIL/SETTING SAIL
SCIENCE
Grade 3: 1, 2
Grade 8: 10, 11
FULL STEAM AHEAD
SCIENCE
Kindergarten: 1
Grade 3: 1, 2
Grade 4: 3, 4
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 10a
SEA SENSE
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 10a
Grade 3: 9a
Deck 2A -The Economy of the Gulf
NAUTICAL KNOTS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade 2: 28
Grade 3: 20
Grade 4: 14
Grade 5: 16
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Kindergarten: 4.1, 4.3
Grade 1: 2.2, 4.3
Grade 2: 4.3
Grade 3: 4.1
Grade 4: 4.1
Grade 5: 4.1
DEPTH SOUNDINGS
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9
Grade 1: 8, 8a, 9
Grade 2: 9a, 10, 10a
Grade 3: 1, 1b, 1c, 2, 2b, 2c
Grade 7: 1, 1a, 1b
BENEATH THE BAY
SOCIAL STUDIES Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9, 10, 10a
Grade 1: 8, 8a, 9, 12a, 12d
Grade 2: 8, 9, 9a, 10, 10a, 11, 14
Grade 3: 1, 1b, 1c, 2
Grade 4: 14a, 14b
Grade 7: 1, 1a, 1b
Grade 10: 12b, 12d
CARGO CONDUCTOR
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade 1: 11
Grade 2: 15, 19.
Grade 3: 13
Grade 4: 14
Grade 5: 11
WHAT’S INSIDE
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 1: 6a.
Grade 2: 4, 4a
Grade 12 Economics: 11
Grades 9-12, Elective, Alabama Studies: 25
CARGO HANDLER
SCIENCE
Grade 3: 1
Grade 8: 10, 11,
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Grades 9-12: 1, 1a
HIDDEN HIGHWAYS
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8
Grade 1: 8, 8a, 9
Grade 2: 8, 9, 9a, 10
Grade 3: 1, 1c, 2
Grade 7: 1, 1a, 1b
OCEAN PLANET/SCIENCE ON A SPHERE
SCIENCE
Kindergarten: 9, 10
Grade 1: 8, 9
Grade 2: 8, 10,
Grade 3: 13, 14
Grade 4: 10, 11, 12, 13
Grade 5: 10, 11, 12, 13
Grade 6: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Grades 9-12, Elective, Earth and Space Science: 1, 2, 4, 5,
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grades 9-12, Elective, Human Geography: 1, 2, 3
Grades 9-12, Elective, Alabama Studies: 1
SHIPS AHOY – TUG/PUSH BOAT ACTIVITY
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade 1: 11
Grade 2: 15, 19
Grade 3: 13
COMINGS AND GOINGS
SOCIAL STUDIES Kindergarten: 7, 8, 10, 10a
Grade 1: 8, 9, 12a, 12b
Grade 2: 9a, 10, 11, 14
Grade 3: 1, 2, 9, 9a, 9b, 11, 11a
Grade 4: 3a
Grade 5: 10a, 16
Grade 6: 2, 2b, 6
Grade 7: 1, 1a, 1b, 1c
Grade 8: 11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 12, 12a, 13,
Grades 9-12 Alabama Studies: 25
SIGNAL FLAGS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade 2: 28
Grade 3: 20
Grade 4: 14
Grade 5: 16
DECK 3 –History of the Gulf
EL CAZADOR
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 3: 9a
Grade 6: 2
Grade 8: 11, 11a, 11b, 11c
SHIPWRECKS OF THE GULF
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 2: 9a, 10
Grade 3:
PORTHOLES TO THE SEA
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 2: 4a
Grade 5: 1b
Grade 12 Economics: 11
THE HUNLEY
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 4: 14a
Grade 10: 12b
PELICAN GIRLS
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 3: 11, 11a
Grade 4: 4
RIVERBOAT RUN
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 3: 10, 11
PORT OF VICTORY THEATER
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 5: 9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 11
Grade 9: 9c, 10, 10a, 10b, 10c
Grade 11: 6, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7e, 8, 8a, 8b, 8d
TIMELINE
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 3: 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 2a, 9, 9a, 9b, 10, 11, 11a
Grade 4: 1, 1a, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 6b, 6d, 8a, 9, 9a, 9b, 12b, 12c, 13c, 13d, 14, 14a, 14b, 14c
Grade 5: 5d, 9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 11
Deck 3A -The Ecology of the Gulf
THE CROW’S NEST
SCIENCE
Grade 3: 14
E.O. WILSON
SCIENCE
Kindergarten: 3, 4, 5, 6
Grade 1: 5, 6
Grade 2: 7
OCEAN TODAY
SCIENCE
Kindergarten: 3, 4, 5, 6
Grade 1: 5, 6
Grade 2: 7
Grade 4: 8
DEEP EXPLORER
SCIENCE
Grade 4: 13
MARINE SANCTUARIES
SCIENCE
Kindergarten: 11
Grade 3: 12
STREAM OF TIME
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 1: 11, 12, 12a
Grade 2: 11, 12
Grade 3: 11, 11a
Grade 4: 4
Grade 6: 2
Deck 4 –Offshore Platforms and Combat to Commerce
OFF SHORE PLATFORMS
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 2: 4, 4a
Grade 5: 16, 17
Grade 9: 17
COMBAT TO COMMERCE
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 1: 6a
Grade 2: 4, 6
Grade 4: 14a
Grade 5, 10, 10a, 16
Grade 10: 3d, 3e
Deck 5- Take the Helm
TAKE THE HELM
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9
Grade 1: 8, 8a, 9
Grade 2: 9a, 10, 0a
Grade 3: 1, 1b, 1c, 2c
Grade 7: 1, 1a, 1b
THE TELEGRAPH
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade 1: 11
Grade 2: 15, 18, 19
Grade 3: 13
RADIO TRAFFIC
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade 1: 11
Grade 2: 15, 18, 19
Grade 3: 13
AT THE WHEEL
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade 1: 11
Grade 2: 15 18, 19
Grade 3: 13
FROM HARBOR TO HARBOR
SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten: 7, 8, 9
Grade 1: 8, 8a, 9
Grade 2: 10, 10a
Grade 3: 1, 1b, 1c
DECK 5 BALCONIES
SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 4: 12a
Grade 5: 5d
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Grade 1: 11
Grade 2: 15, 19
Grade 3: 13
Grade 5: 11