Thank you for participating in the Cheslights Kids Challenge.
All pictures and materials are property of the Chesapeake Chapter
U.S. Lighthouse Society and may not be duplicated without written
permission.
Photo and instructions for Lighthouse Craft by Tom Wade,
Education Coordinator, Chesapeake Chapter, USLHS, as adapted
from “Make a Light Scene” from The Lighthouse Activity Book by
Elinor DeWire.
June 2006
Lighthouse Word Search
Answer Key
Word Search
Lighthouse Twins? What’s Different?
Birds, fence, sun and light in lantern lighthouse.
I SPY
1. Two lighthouse lanterns 2. Eight legs, 3. Round and steel, 4. Piney Point, 5.
Stairs, 6. Concord Point, 7. Bell/fog, 8. Ghosts, 9. Ladder, 10. Cove Point
LENS
TOWER
WATCH
LIGHT
GUIDE
BEAM
FLASH
FOGHORN
LAMP
BEACON
LANTERN
KEEPER
CATWALK
LIGHTSHIP
LIGHTHOUSE
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STORM
STAIRWAY
NAVIGATE
SHIPWRECK
SIGNAL
Challenging Questions
John Donahoo built 5 – Piney Point, Concord Point, Cove Point, Point Lookout
and Turkey Point.
Hooper Strait – wooden white hexagon (6 sides), 2 dormers; Drum Point –
wooden white octagon (8 sides), 2 dormers; Seven Foot Knoll – oldest surviving
screwpile on the Bay, nine case-iron screws, round cast-iron structure.
Crossword Puzzle
Across: 1 ships, 5 ray, 6 ocean, 7 lightship, 9 beacon. Down: 1 spiral, 2 lantern, 3 foghorn,
4 keeper, 8 lens
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License Plate Bingo
Lighthouse Crossword Puzzle
As you travel, each player looks out for and calls out the different
state names as you spot them, and cross them off your board.
Across
1. The light warns these
5. Another word for beam
6. Another word for sea
7. Lighthouse craft
9. Another word for light
Down
1. Shape of most lighthouse stairways
2. Room at the top of a lighthouse
3. Keeper turns on if murky air
4. Person who tends the light
8. A lighthouse optic
Give yourself an extra FREE plate if you spot a license plate with a
lighthouse on the plate!
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Lighthouse Twins? What’s Different?
Write A Story
What do you think life would be like living at or on a lighthouse? If
your father was a keeper, what responsibilities do you think you
would have? How would you get to school? Would you want to be
a lighthouse keeper too?
Mark the things that are different between the two lighthouses.
How many did you find?
I SPY
1. I SPY ______ lighthouse lanterns are on the Lightship
Chesapeake.
2. I SPY that Hooper Strait Lighthouse has ______ “legs”.
3. I SPY that Seven Foot Knoll shape is ___________ and it is
constructed of _______________.
4. I SPY a torpedo out in front of ____________ _________
Light.
The End.
5. I SPY Turkey Point Lighthouse tower is missing its
_____________.
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Draw a picture of your favorite lighthouse below
6. I SPY a cannon in front of _____________ ___________ Light.
7. I SPY Fort Washington Light is in the __________ tower.
8. I SPY Point Lookout is known for its ____________.
9. I SPY Drum Point access is by a ____________underneath it.
10. I SPY the _____________ ___________ Lighthouse has a
seawall next to it to help with erosion.
Challenging Questions:
How many lighthouses, on the Maryland Challenge, did John
Donahoo build?
What are the differences between Hooper Strait Lighthouse, Drum
Point and Seven Foot Knoll?
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Lighthouse Craft Project
Materials needed: An island (9” or larger paper plate, scalloped
for wave effect, turned upside down), tower (16 oz or larger
Styrofoam or paper cup), lantern room (toilet paper roll), dome and
window for lantern room (construction paper), and vent ball and
lightning rod (optional – 10 mm wood bead and round toothpick).
Construction “tools”: White glue, ruler, scissors, razor blade or
box cutter [Recommended to be used by construction foreman
only], invisible tape, permanent marker, and coloring material such
as crayons, colored markers, acrylic paint.
frame running vertically or diagonally that divides the lantern room
glass into sections) with the permanent marker. Color your lantern
room below the window strip. Using the circle cut earlier for the
dome cut a slit to the center and slide one edge over the other to
form a peaked cap; tape it together. Glue the lantern room to the
top of the tower and the dome on top. [Note: If making a large
number, use the white glue in a plastic container, and dip both ends
of the lantern room, place on tower, and attach dome.] Now take the
vent ball and carefully put some glue into the hole [Fast drying glue
works best], about ½ full, set it on the peak of the dome, and stick
the lightning rod (a 1” piece of toothpick, sharp end up) into the
glue in the ball.
Assembly: You can start by coloring your island with waves
breaking over the shore and rocks and trees around the island. If a
number of children are making the lighthouse and you want to
identify the builders, put their name on the other side and set it
aside. Using the bottom of your “tower”, draw a circle on a piece
of construction paper for the Dome [Note: you should use the same
color paper you plan to color your lantern room]; cut the circle out
and set it aside. Now you decorate the tower. Using the permanent
marker (fine point works best) draw the door and windows. At this
time you can color your tower with stripes or other patterns to
display your daymark (see example). Glue your tower to the island
and set it aside. [Note: If you are making a large number of
lighthouses for a group of children, it is recommended that you
pour some white glue into a small plastic container that the bottom
of the tower fits; dip tower lightly into the glue and place it on the
island.] Next prepare the lantern room. Cut 2” piece of paper roll
and cut a 5 ½” x 1” piece of yellow construction paper to make
your storm window. Using the permanent marker, make a border
along the long edges and, if you choose, down the center of the
strip. Tape one end of the strip at the top of the lantern room, wrap
it around, and tape the other end. Draw in the astragals (metal
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