This URL will start you out at the site map for Rice University's study of longitude and navigation. Scroll to the section titled "Oceans" and you will find some very good information on surface currents, especially those of the South...

This site provides a detailed discussion of the Battle of the Coral Sea and the events leading up to it. Includes some pictures.

Students use the Internet, books, and articles to research the Earth and its changes (tides, seasons, atmosphere, etc.), develop a "class exhibit about the Earth" and "a survey that includes five questions that will measure what the...

This site from ScienceWorld provides a brief biography of Daniel Bernoulli's major scientific accomplishments, including Bernoulli's principle, vibrating strings, ocean tides, and the kinetic theory of gases. Links are included to...

An image of "Beach at Low Tide", created by Eugene Isabey in 1833 (Oil on canvas, 124 x 168 cm).

An image of "La Pointe de la Heve at Low Tide", created by Claude Monet in 1865 (Oil on canvas, 90 x 150 cm).

An image of "Landing Stage at Trouville, Low Tide", created by Claude Monet in 1870 (Oil on canvas, 54 x 67 cm).

An image of "No Tidings from the Sea", created by Frank Holl in 1870 (Oil on canvas, 71 x 91 cm).

An image of "Rocks near Pourville at Ebb Tide", created by Claude Monet in 1882 (Oil on canvas, 63 x 77 cm).

An image of "Port-en-Bessin, The Outer Harbour at High Tide", created by Georges Seurat in 1888 (Oil on canvas, 67 x 82 cm).

A complete description of the Battle of Midway, often cited as the turning point of the war against the Japanese. Includes detailed information into what happened during the attacks and battle.

This quiz will test your knowledge about WWII.

This Teaching with Historic Places lesson plan examines Midway's strategic importance in World War II.

A collection of video lectures from an introduction to oceanography course taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. The course gives a general introduction to the processes and history of Earth's global oceanic system in...

This site from Sonnet Central provides the text of several poems written by Helen Hunt Jackson: A Calendar of Sonnets, The Zone of Calms, Poppies on the Wheat, Mazzini, Burnt Ships, Tides, Her Eyes, and Fealty.

On this site you can learn about the tides and their relationship with astronomical phenomena.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is about the movement of oceans. It contains information about waves, tides, and currents. The flipchart contains video and Activote assessment questions.

What is tidal energy? Learn about using tides to generate power, methods of generating electricity, and the advantages and disadvantages of tidal energy.

This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden provides a brief description of how waves form and move. Click on the "waves" link in the toolbar to the left. This site is basic, but very informative. Includes colorful animations...

Part of a biography web page including information on James, John, and Daniel Bernoulli. The site includes information originally published in "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).

Essay on the shifting tide and changing attitudes brought about by social science during the Progressive Era with an increased emphasis on social welfare, race relations, and fair labor practices in an industrial age.

The early 1600s saw the beginning of a great tide of emigration from Europe to North America. Spanning more than three centuries, this movement grew from a trickle of a few hundred English colonists to a flood of millions of newcomers....

From the International Institute of Social History this is "Throughout the mother country, glad tidings are spreading" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Liu Shumao, 1989.

Media-rich site featuring sub Saharan Africa. Discover effects of apartheid on the region's land and understand the impact society, politics, and geography has on the area's resources. With AIDS, malaria, and other maladies running...