Recognize resourceful and budget-friendly methods to help restore and protect coastlines. View the video and utilize the lesson plans.

Kindergarten students created this children's picture book. If You Take a Dog to the Beach was based on the commercial book series that includes If You Give a Moose a Muffin in which a sequence of events is kicked off by an initial...

Did you ever notice the cool patterns around your footprints when you take a walk in the wet sand at the beach? The pressure of your feet has effects far outside your footprints. Here's a project that uses a simple experimental apparatus...

Have you ever been swimming at the beach and gotten some water in your mouth by mistake? Then you know that the ocean is very salty. Bodies of freshwater also contain some salt, but much less compared to oceans. In this experiment you...

Part of a series, this resource focuses on Juno Beach. The allies gathered to surprise the Germans, and to turn WW11 around. Canadians were assigned Juno Beach, meeting fierce battles but eventual triumph. Includes a brief video and...

The Leatherback Trust is a non-profit organization of scientists and future scientists to preserve the Leatherback sea turtles and their nesting beaches.

This is the full text of the western novel Going Some by Rex Ellingwood Beach. Four cowboys inclined their bodies over the barbed-wire fence which marked the dividing-line between the Centipede Ranch and their own, staring mournfully...

This is the complete text of the short story "The Cub Reporter" by Rex Ellingwood Beach.

This page recounts the Canadian role in the Italian Campaign. Quotes, French translation, and pictures are available here.

Read the full text of the short story "With Bridges Burned" by Rex Ellingwood Beach.

Text of the short story "Running Elk" by Rex Ellingwood Beach, an American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "Laughing Bill Hyde" by Rex Ellingwood Beach. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

The full text of the short story "The Thaw at Slisco's" by Rex Ellingwood Beach. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

The full text of the novel The Ne'er-Do-Well by Rex Ellingwood Beach. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

Text of the short story "The North Wind's Malice" by Rex Ellingwood Beach, an American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Five beaches to be attacked simultaneously? This ill-fated scheme was devised during World War I for the 29th Division on the Gallipoli Peninsula at Cape Helles. Read a timeline of how the events unfolded.

You already know that a trip to the beach can give you a nasty sunburn, but the nitty gritty of sun safety is actually much more complex. Wrinkle-causing UVA rays and burn-inducing UVB's can pose a serious risk to your health (and good...

For many kids, a day at the beach would not be complete without building a sandcastle. Have you ever wondered how it is that you can pack sand into a mold for a sandcastle? Do some kinds of sand pack better than others? This project will...

A detailed account of one of the most important battles of World War II, the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Gives a history of World War II that led up to this battle and describes what would have happened if the Allies had failed at D-Day.

Read the full text of "When Northern Lights Come Down O'Nights" by Rex Ellingwood Beach.

Learn about the strategies cities use to control beach and shoreline erosion.

Explains what is meant by the deposition of sediments by wind and water and provides examples of the resulting landforms.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides ten free reading comprehension tests with a corresponding answer key and list of reading skills covered. All passages are high interest for middle school students.

This brief article on Amelia Earhart overviews her career as an aviator and American hero. Includes images and links to further related information.