E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: How Can We Predict the Weather?
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...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: On the Water: Maritime Nation: Shipwrecks
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,...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library:tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea by Thomas Bingley
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.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Uncle John's First Shipwreck by Charles Bruce
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.
NOAA
Noaa: Be a Shipwreck Detective [Pdf]
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.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: How Does Heat Travel?
David is exploring the Titanic shipwreck. He needs to stay warm down below in the water. Help him learn about heat and temperature.
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Times Colonist: Our History: Graveyard of the Pacific
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.
Other
The Hamilton & Scourge Project
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...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Psychological Shipwreck" by Ambrose Bierce
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.)
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Florida.com: Division of Historical Resources: Archaeology: Galleon Trail
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...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: What Are Food Webs?
Jorge is a cook in an underwater restaurant. He knows a lot about food webs. Dive in and learn about it with him.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"
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...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii: Uss Arizona (Shipwreck)
An image of the USS Arizona (shipwreck).
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in North Carolina: Uss Monitor (Shipwreck)
An image of the USS MONITOR (Shipwreck).
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Tempest in the Lunchroom
In this lesson plan, young scholars learn to read and act out the shipwreck scene in Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Swiss Family Robinson by Mary Godolphin
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.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke
This is the text of the short story "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke, a shipwreck story.
NOAA
Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Rms Titanic Expedition 2004
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...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Much of Human History Is on the Bottom of the Ocean?
Sunken relics, ghostly shipwrecks, and lost cities aren't just wonders found in fictional adventures. Beneath the ocean's surface, there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time. Peter...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Shipwreck Off a Rocky Coast
An image of "Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast", created by Adam Willaerts in 1614 (Oval panel, 65 x 87 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Shipwreck on a Beach
An image of "Shipwreck on a Beach", created by Jan Porcellis in 1631 (Oil on panel, 37 x 67 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Storm With a Shipwreck
An image of "Storm with a Shipwreck", created by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1754 (Oil on canvas, 87 x 137 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Shipwreck
An image of "Shipwreck", created by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1759 (Oil on canvas, 96 x 134,5 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Shipwreck
An image of "Shipwreck", created by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1763 (Oil on canvas, 102 x 126 cm).
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