This is a comprehensive analysis of the importance of the Danube River Basin and ways to balance human and ecological needs in the basin. The reason behind this study is the European Union's move to open shipping lanes in the Danube and...

Imagine seeing gigantic ships bellowing black smoke pulling into a harbor- the kind of ship you've never seen before! Perry and his black ships opened Japan and enabled two incredibly different cultures to meet. Authors provide fantastic...

Career Ship is an on-line career exploration adventure geared towards middle school students. Your mission is to fuel the Career Ship and learn about possible careers.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Viking ships, how they were built, and why they were so important. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

These sketches depict various Navy ships of the Texas Navy from the early to mid-twentieth century.

The subject of this painting is probably the U.S.S. Powhatan, Commodore Matthew Perry's flagship on his second expedition to Japan in 1854. The previous year Perry had come to Japan, delivered a letter from President Millard Fillmore to...

In 1543, three Portuguese travelers aboard a Chinese ship drifted ashore on Tanegashima, a small island near Kyushu. They were the first Europeans to visit Japan. In 1548, Francis Xavier, a Jesuit, arrived from Goa to introduce...

The subject of the painting "An American Ship" by Shinsei is probably the U.S.S. Powhatan, Commodore Matthew Perry's flagship on his second expedition to Japan in 1854. View pictures of the painting and read about Perry's expedition in...

"Arrival of a Portuguese Ship" portrays the arrival of a Portuguese ship at the port of Nagasaki. View this picture and a read short explanation of the trade relationship between Portugal and Japan.

This complete list of the ships of the First Texas Navy includes the Vessel names, commander names, the dates they were in commission, and other factual data about each.

This exhibit shows nine painted photos of Texas Navy Ships displayed at the San Jacinto Museum of History.

An explanation and examples using italics/underlining when writing the names of spacecraft, aircraft, ships, and trains.

A gallery of pictures of ships that have been used throughout history for transportation.

An easy-to-understand site on the opening of Japan to the West via Commodore Perry and and the intimidating Black Ships.

Great site for detailed information on the career of shipping and receiving clerks. Read about their jobs, working conditions, wages, job outlook, training, and more.

This lesson plan is on the ironclad ships and the battles that took place during the Civil War. Learners will use the information from previous lessons to create a simulated newscast that takes place during an actual battle between...

Students will use critical thinking skills to predict the maximum mass that a ship can hold without sinking. Students will then test their prediction by sailing their loaded ship.

A scanned copy of the 1875 publication of The Ship of Ice by S. Whitchruch Sadler, a fiction book for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Doomed Ship, or, The Wreck in the Arctic Regions by William Hurton (1865), a children's novel.

This site describes how slaves were packed in the ships with barely enough room to sit or move, to maximize capacity.

We all know about the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria, but what about the rest of Columbus' ships? He was a busy man after the initial discovery. This site is by a group of archaeologists who try to find historic underwater wrecks....

Middle schoolers use data from ship logs to graph a profile of the Atlantic Ocean. They will rely on prior knowledge of seafloor topography, instructions on how to read a bathymetric map, and observe a demonstration where the depth of...

Here's a whole different look at Faraday. His religion, Sandemanian, greatly influenced both his life and his science. This article looks deeply at that aspect of his life.

After spending three days as a working crew on a three-masted ship, and learning to navigate by the stars, students create fictional entries for a ship's log throughout various periods in history.