Welcome to a page of resources connected to The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean!

You can buy copies of the book here.

I hope, over time, this page becomes a hub of teaching resources for the book (like this one for The Boy Who Biked the World). If you’re a teacher and would like to share any worksheets or teaching ideas please email them to atlanticlucy@gmail.com and I will share them here.

Thank you to Marcus for allowing me to share these resources and worksheets.

If your class has lots of questions about Lucy’s adventure, feel free to email them to atlanticlucy@gmail.com and Lucy will pass them on to me to answer via YouTube, like these ones here:

Resources

  • @primary_geog is a Year 6 teacher who has put together this PDF about how the book can be used in the classroom. Thank you!

Further Reading

  • Dare to Do – Sarah Outen
  • Rowing it Alone – Debra Veal
  • A Pearl in the Storm – Tori Murden McClure
  • Four Mums in a Boat – Frances Davies, Niki Doeg, Janette Benaddi, Helen Butters Rowing the Atlantic – Roz Savage
  • Sally’s Odd at Sea – Sally Kettle
  • On Tempestuous Seas – Elin Haf Davies
  • Row for Freedom – Julia Immonen
  • Kiko: How to break the Atlantic rowing record after brain surgery – Kiko Matthews
  • Antigua or Bust! – Rachel Q Smith Rowboat in a Hurricane – Julie Angus

Ocean Resources

  • nektonmission.org – Our mission is to protect the ocean, for all our planet’s life and for ourselves, because our existence depends on the ocean’s health.
  • sharktrust.org – The Shark Trust is the only UK-registered charity working to advance the worldwide conservation of sharks.
  • bite-back.com – Bite-Back is a leading UK charity dedicated to shark and marine conservation, combatting the overfishing and overconsumption of wild seafish.
  • kidsagainstplastic.co.uk – Kids Against Plastic aims to help young people (and not so young people) to learn about environmental issues such as plastic pollution.
  • plasticcleverschools.co.uk – A growing community of schools have decided to take action to reduce the amount of single-use plastics they use, becoming Plastic Clever in the process.
  • plasticfreeschools.org.uk – This groundbreaking programme equips and empowers young activists with the tools to create positive, lasting environmental change.
  • sas.org.uk – A grassroots environmental charity, dedicated to the protection of the ocean, waves, beaches and wildlife.
  • exxpedition.com – A non-profit organisation that runs all-female sailing research expeditions at sea and virtual voyages on land to investigate the causes of, and solutions to, ocean plastic pollution.
  • beachclean.net – A charity devoted to cleaning up our planet 2 minutes at a time.
  • greenpeace.org.uk – A movement of people who are passionate about defending the natural world from destruction.
  • wwf.org.uk/where-we-work/oceans – Our oceans cover over 70% of our planet, but yet we know more about the surface of the moon than the ocean floor.
  • mcsuk.org – The Marine Conservation Society is fighting for a cleaner, better protected, healthier ocean: one we can all enjoy.
  • msc.org – The blue MSC label is only applied to wild fish or seafood from fisheries that have been certified to the MSC Fisheries Standard, a set of requirements for sustainable fishing.
  • edu.earthwatch.org.uk – The Earthwatch education community empowers educators to inspire the next generation to take positive action for the planet. It can help you to create exceptional outdoor learning experiences for your students. commonseas.com – Our mission is to quickly and significantly reduce the amount of plastic produced and stop it polluting our rivers and seas.
  • theoceancleanup.com – The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization developing and scaling technologies to rid the oceans of plastic.
  • plasticsoupfoundation.org – In our work we increasingly focus on the relationship between plastic and human health. Our campaigns in the field of microplastics and the fight against plastic waste are directly related to this.
  • robgreenfield.org/trashme – The average American creates 2 kg of rubbish per day yet most people never think twice about it. Rob Greenfield wanted to create a visual that would help people understand just how much rubbish they create and inspire them to make positive changes.
  • worldoceanday.school – World Ocean Day for Schools, designed to connect, create, and celebrate the wonder and importance of our ocean to children and young adults.
  • @4ocean – A purpose-driven business on a mission to end the ocean plastic crisis. Over 10 million kilograms of rubbish removed from the oceans and coastlines.
  • @Authors4Oceans – Authors & illustrators united in our aim to make a positive contribution to help our oceans recover.
  • @CitytoSea – Award-winning campaigns to stop plastic pollution at source.
  • @FinalStrawCIO – A charity working to raise awareness of the damage single-use plastics are causing to our environment and wildlife.
  • @KSBScotland – A charity committed to making Scotland clean, green and sustainable.
  • @LegoLostAtSea – In 1997, nearly 5 million bits of Lego fell into the ocean. Much of it was sea-themed. Read Adrift, our bestselling book about it.
  • @NewDawnTraders – We bring together a network of small producers, beautiful sailing ships, and passionate allies to deliver goods from across the oceans, emission-free.
  • @Oceana – Dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans on a global scale.
  • @Oceanwire – Curating the knowledge, news and sheer wonder of our remarkable ocean.
  • @OurOcean – Creating evidence-based solutions for a healthy ocean and the wildlife and communities that depend on it.
  • @ProjectSeagrass – Charity advancing the conservation of seagrass through education, influence, research and action.
  • @RebeccaRHelm – 90% ocean 10% everything else. Science of life on the high seas.
  • @SaversSea – Ullapool Sea Savers are a group of kids in the Highlands of Scotland who love and want to protect the marine environment and wildlife they are lucky to live by.
  • @Sea_Legacy – Using the power of media and storytelling to amplify ocean solutions.
  • @SeabirdCentre – Conservation and education charity. Remote wildlife viewing attraction.
  • @SeafulCharity – The charity helping more people to be mindful of the sea; for its mental health benefits and to nurture stewardship of our blue spaces.
  • @Seashepherd – An international marine conservation organisation that uses direct action to defend, conserve and protect our oceans.
  • @Surfrider – The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches, for all people.
  • @Surfridereurope – Dedicated to the protection of European coastlines. Waves, beaches, climate change, maritime transport, marine litter.
  • @Teamseas – Removing ghost gear (lost, abandoned and discarded fishing gear) from waters all around the world.
  • @TheOceanCleanup – The largest cleanup in history.
  • @UKCEHseabirds – We study seabirds on the Isle of May and elsewhere to understand the effects of environmental change on marine ecosystems.
  • @Whalesorg – Inspiring global action to create a world where every whale and dolphin is safe and free.
  • @WWFLeadOceans – Working to protect and restore ocean health for the benefit of people, nature and climate.
  • oceanrowing.com – The Ocean Rowing Society is the official adjudicator of ocean rowing records. See, for example, the author’s Atlantic crossing: oceanrowing.com/filter?id=490

Font

You can download Lucy’s handwriting font to use in your own work. (It’s very easy to do! Here’s how to do it on a Mac or a PC.)

Video

There is also a short video showing the boat’s route across the ocean, here.

Photographs

All photos are available for you to use however you wish, here.