The Curriculum Design

The Maritime Academy of Toledo provides students with a challenging standards-based education that promotes academic excellence and leadership formation using maritime/nautical focused themes throughout traditional subject areas. 

The curriculum focuses on one of the world’s most valuable resources--- water, in particular, the navigable waterways of the Great Lakes, its islands, rivers, ecosystems, recreation, impact on the local economy, food chain, and food supply.  Nautical/Marine Themes teach traditional and non traditional content areas including but not limited to marine biology; physics; earth science; engineering; radar; sonar; navigation; global positioning systems; geographical information systems; robotics; mapping/charting; nautical/marine art, architecture, and woodworking; sea literature, narratives, poetry and prose; lighthouses; shipwrecks; coastlines; islands; sea travel; seaports; canals; locks; leisure; sports; economics/commerce; and technology themes will be used to teach to Ohio Content standards.