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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: How Can We Predict the Weather?

For Students 1st - 3rd
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...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: On the Water: Maritime Nation: Shipwrecks

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library:tales of Shipwrecks and Other Disasters at Sea by Thomas Bingley

For Students 5th - 8th
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.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Uncle John's First Shipwreck by Charles Bruce

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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NOAA

Noaa: Be a Shipwreck Detective [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: How Does Heat Travel?

For Students 3rd - 5th
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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Other

Times Colonist: Our History: Graveyard of the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Other

The Hamilton & Scourge Project

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Psychological Shipwreck" by Ambrose Bierce

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Other

Florida.com: Division of Historical Resources: Archaeology: Galleon Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: What Are Food Webs?

For Students 5th - 7th
Jorge is a cook in an underwater restaurant. He knows a lot about food webs. Dive in and learn about it with him.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii: Uss Arizona (Shipwreck)

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the USS Arizona (shipwreck).
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in North Carolina: Uss Monitor (Shipwreck)

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the USS MONITOR (Shipwreck).
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Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Tempest in the Lunchroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, young scholars learn to read and act out the shipwreck scene in Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Swiss Family Robinson by Mary Godolphin

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "A Boating Adventure in the Carolines" by Louis Becke, a shipwreck story.
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NOAA

Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Rms Titanic Expedition 2004

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Much of Human History Is on the Bottom of the Ocean?

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Shipwreck Off a Rocky Coast

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast", created by Adam Willaerts in 1614 (Oval panel, 65 x 87 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Shipwreck on a Beach

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Shipwreck on a Beach", created by Jan Porcellis in 1631 (Oil on panel, 37 x 67 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Storm With a Shipwreck

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Storm with a Shipwreck", created by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1754 (Oil on canvas, 87 x 137 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Shipwreck

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Shipwreck", created by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1759 (Oil on canvas, 96 x 134,5 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Shipwreck

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Shipwreck", created by Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1763 (Oil on canvas, 102 x 126 cm).

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