PBS
Pbs Teachers: Submarines, Secrets, and Spies: Sounds Underwater (Hot Science)
Examine factors that affect how sound travels underwater and explore the range of sounds underwater creatures make.
Curated OER
German U Boat
This site recalls the capitulation of German submarines on the same day as Germany surrendered. Includes pictures and an analysis of the reactions to unrestricted submarine warfare.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Uss Drum(submarine)
Launched on May 12, 1941, this was the first of the Gato-class submarines completed before World War II. It represents what was the standard design for American fleet submarines at the beginning of that war. The USS Drum sank fifteen...
Other
American Merchant Marine at War: u.s. Merchant Marine in World War Ii
Gives an excellent history of the sailing ships and sailors of the Merchant Marine in both the Atlantic and Pacific. Links on the page include many firsthand accounts of the sailors and their experiences during the war.
Other
Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War
Entire online text of an original book written by the chief German Admiral in World War One.
Social Studies Help Center
Social Studies Help: Why Did the United States Enter World War One?
A set of lecture notes on the events leading to WWI and their impact on the United States. Although this site covers WWI, its main focus is the war in relation to America, and why they joined the war.
PBS
Pbs: People & Discoveries: Ernest Rutherford
A lovely biographical piece about Ernest Rutherford. A number of personal notes, along with extensive information about the physics work he did. Nice quote at the end.
Other
Destroyers Online: Destroyers, Destroyer Escorts, and Frigates
Extensive information about primary U.S. war ships used to protect convoys from U-Boats.
Other
National Engineers Week Foundation: Flinker
Students investigate with common objects to see if they can make something that neither floats nor sinks, but rather "flinks" in the middle.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Jules Verne, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
This site has links to the full text from the University of Virginia of Jules Verne's science fiction work "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."
Other
National Academy of Engineering: Hyman George Rickover
Biographical information about Hyman G. Rickover.
NOAA
Noaa: Explorations
This resource page contains an exhaustive list of pictures and videos of sea floor structures found all over the world.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity is a radio program that tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. The program uses the record of history to reveal the way art, technology, and ideas have shaped us. Episode topics...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Virtual Cell
An online video game where players take control of a tiny virtual submarine that explores plant and animal cells from the inside! Players learn about organelles, respiration, and photosynthesis.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: G. Harvey Ralphson
This site features the author G. Harvey Ralphson including the following novels for young readers: The Boy Scout Camera Club, Boy Scouts in a Submarine, Boy Scouts in an Airship. Boy Scouts in Mexico, Boy Scouts in Southern Waters, and...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Prefix Study: Sub #1
MyVocabulary.com offers 14 PREFIX puzzles with the grade level of each word marked to the right of the word beginning with a prefix. Use eight grade level words for each prefix."SUB" prefix words: Subconscious - 8, Subdue - 7, Submarine...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Tom Swift and His Undersea Search by Victor Appleton
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1920, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, Tom Swift...
Other
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
This research institute uses ROVs to study the ocean. Learn about news, research, and the ships and submarines used by HBOI.
Other
Sea Sky: Explore the Sea
Climb aboard this submarine and explore the sea. This site has pictures and information about the oceans, coral reefs, as well as famous explorers of the deep. You can also play interactive games.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Go With the Flow: An Ocean Currents Game
You are in a submarine and need to fix the currents to take you where you want to go. You want to get the key to the treasure chest full of gold!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Buoyant Force Does Not Get Smaller as You Sink
This article explains the buoyant force using a submarine as an example. It also discusses what determines the size of the buoyant force using a formula, and explains decompression sickness better known as the bends.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: William Henry Bragg Biographical
The Nobel Foundation provides a biography of Bragg. This site focuses primarily on his activities and accomplishments as a scientist.
US Navy
U.s. Navy Homepage
The official homepage for the U.S. Navy. Offers student: What's New, Organization, Status, Ships, Images, and more. The "Ships" category is especially interesting!
Other
Cyberheritage: Unusual Technical Images of Equipment Used in World War Ii
Scanned images from a box of book pages about World War II. Find images of information leaflets on "the machines that were winning the war for us."
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