Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Battleships

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students play a game to practice how to tell time. They play a game of battleship in which they try to find out where his or her partner's battleships are, using .day/time references. The winner is the first to find all of the other...
Lesson Plan
University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Searching Algorithms

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Explore the main algorithms that are used as the basis for keyword searching on computers, using different variations on the game of battleships.
Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Fulton's Submarine

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the technological and political conditions which led to Robert Fulton's invention and development of the submarine. Includes some biographical information and some graphics of early submarine sketches. (Text is the actual radio...
Interactive
Knowledge Share

Super Kids: Games of Logic and Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th
Have your students completed their work? If so, allow them to enjoy some mind relaxing, yet challenging, games at this site. I'm sure you'll get caught up in the fun too.
Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Fulton's Battery Catamaran

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Fulton's steamboat and its influence on subsequent military warships. Interesting, anecdotal and well-written. Includes some biographical information. (Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated radio broadcast...
Handout
US Navy

Naval History and Heritage: Survivors of the Uss Maine

For Students 9th - 10th
List of crewmen who survived the explosion on board the USS Maine.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: Uss Massachusetts (Battleship)

For Students 9th - 10th
One of two surviving United States Navy South Dakota-class battleships, Massachusetts saw action in World War II, winning 11 battle stars. She is on display at Battleship Cove.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nc: Uss North Carolina (Battleship)

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the USS North Carolina (Battleship).
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Uss Alabama(battleship)

For Students 9th - 10th
One of two surviving South Dakota-class battleships, Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and spent forty months in active service in World War II's Pacific theater, earning nine battle stars over twenty-six engagements with the Japanese.