Exhibition from Florida Museum demonstrates that the waters surrounding Florida are treacherous indeed! The site identifies famous shipwrecks from as far back as 1559. Artifacts and pictures abound.

Article about the discovery of the SS City of Rio de Janeiro, a ship wrecked in the Golden Gate Strait of California in 1901.

A description of a shipwreck excavation from the Bronze Age near the southern coast of Turkey. Links to pictures of things found in the shipwreck are provided.

This dramatic interactive delves into the depths to explore the many shipwrecks which have taken place off the coast of Michigan's Great Lakes. Each of the four main topics opens into additional extensive and detailed information. Click...

Explore the maritime history of Florida through its shipwrecks. Site includes list of shipwreck sites, maps of shipwrecks, and extensive history.

The Royal British Columbia Museum looks at the historical possibility of cultural exchanges between the Japanese and the First Nations Peoples in Canada's Northwest. The site also looks at the validity of stories of shipwrecks in the...

Join Tim on the Titanic Shipwreck to understand about weather predictions. Learn about weather forecasts and different instruments that help determine what the weather will be. Win stars for every correct answer and earn a certificate at...

Illustrated accounts of the destruction and loss of two ships sailing to America across the Atlantic illuminate the dangers of nineteenth-century travel and the modes of rescue available at the time. With a range of archival material,...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea by Thomas Bingley (1861), a collection of stories about shipwrecks and other disasters at sea.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Uncle John's First Shipwreck or The Loss of the Brig "Nellie" by Charles Bruce, a nonfiction story of Uncle John's shipwreck and the loss of his ship.

Use your skills of investigation to examine a list of items recovered from a shipwreck. Draw conclusions about the ship and its demise based off of your observations.

David is exploring the Titanic shipwreck. He needs to stay warm down below in the water. Help him learn about heat and temperature.

This site provides a fascinating look at British Columbia's history through the Times Colonist reports on shipwrecks off Vancouver Island from the 1800s up to more recent years.

The Hamilton and Scourge were two American schooners used and sank during the War of 1812. Both currently rest on the bottom of Lake Ontario. Background about the War of 1812, as well as how these ships were used is provided. In...

Text of the short story "A Psychological Shipwreck" by Ambrose Bierce. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

In 1733 a fleet of many ships set sail from Havana for Spain. After a bout of wind changes and bad weather most of the ships were swamped or sunk covering a span of approximately 80 miles in the Florida Keys. The shipwrecks created many...

Jorge is a cook in an underwater restaurant. He knows a lot about food webs. Dive in and learn about it with him.

In this lesson, students will examine the relationship of man and nature as portrayed in "The Open Boat," based on Crane's suffering from a shipwreck on The Commodore in which he spent thirty hours on a small boat at sea before being...

An image of the USS Arizona (shipwreck).

An image of the USS MONITOR (Shipwreck).

In this lesson plan, students learn to read and act out the shipwreck scene in Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One-Syllable by Mary Godolphin [1870], a novel about a shipwreck written in simple language.

This is the text of the short story "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke, a shipwreck story.

Dr. Robert Ballard returns to the Titanic after his famous discovery in the 1980s. Dr. Ballard and scientists from NOAA spent eleven days conducting scientific analyses of its deterioration. Three lesson plans are available that focus on...