A thorough set of activities, articles, and reference material can enlighten your class about the history of whaling in New England. Kids travel back to a time when whale products were valuable and hunting whales was a way to help the...

Neighborhood and community is the theme of a unit comprised of extra support lessons. Following practice pages and a teach, blend, guided practice, practice/apply routine, the series of lessons provide additional reinforcement...

Shiver me timbers, this here resource is a great way to teach young landlubbers to speak the language of the briny deep. Including over 30 different words and phrases, complete with definitions and guide words, this dictionary will...

Use a handy concept analysis guide as you begin your unit on William Shakespeare's The Tempest. With character descriptions, literary themes, and anticipated affective issues, the guide can help those new to using The Tempest craft...

Help learners understand the benefits of rearranging a formula. Scholars practice rearranging formulas for specific variables. They also analyze formulas to understand one variable's effect on the other. 

Steel is a man-made alloy or a mixture of metals. Lesson 18 in this series of 36 focuses on metals and their extraction from Earth. Individuals read about, discuss, and answer questions after learning how people find most metals, the...

Molecules to the Max! refers to a movie released in 2009 about the world of atoms and molecules. A helpful discovery guide provides five posters on science topics typically covered at the middle school level. It also explains the...

Benjamin Franklin's famous aphorisms are a perfect time capsule of colonist values in the mid-18th century, as well as a clever reminder of the way life still works today. Middle and high schoolers select one aphorism to interpret...

To err is human ... and also leads to some hilarious situations. A script introduces readers to Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, a play full of slapstick humor and other funny elements. Although lacking in activities, the text works well...

The Mariners' Museum provides a history of Viking ships, explorers and their discoveries.

Historic Naval Ships Association gives a description and history of the USS Lexington, which served in the Pacific in WWII and is now a museum.

Encyclopeida entry takes viewers inside a pirate ship and teaches us about all of the components from the deck to the Jolly Roger flag.

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.

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

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.

A comprehensive list of U.S. merchant ships lost due to German raiders, torpedoes, and undersea mines. Includes ships lost before the U.S. joined World War I.

A biography of Sir Francis Drake. Read about his exploits as a raider of Spanish ships, circumnavigator of the globe, and hero in the battles against the Spanish Armada. Understand why his voyages increased the English claims in the New...

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.

This article presents information on the development of Keels, Hulks, and Cogs, the ships of Medieval Europe. Includes diagrams, illustrations, and explanations.

Explains how Japan isolated itself from contact with Europe and America for two hundred years. This ended when it agreed to sign a treaty of friendship with America that was brought to Tokyo in 1853 by Commodore Matthew Perry and his...

This report was made in 1905 to the Institute of Naval Architects. It describes the Royal Navy in detail. These types of ships would rule the world from the time of Trafalgar until the American Civil War.

A good mathematical account of what happens to time as you approach c: the speed of light. Also provides a rather a fascinating video (fly through the Lattice) - don't miss it. Take some time and explore this site.

Learn about Christopher Columbus's reason for sailing west instead of east. Also, discover what he found on his voyages and his return journeys.