Titanic
TITANIC
Research and Extension Links
TitaniCat's Illustrator Robert Papp
TeacherTube Video Tribute to the Titanic
Questions and Answers about the Titanic disaster
http://www.titanicstory.com/interest.htm
http://www.titanic-titanic.com/
Titanic Historical Document Archive
http://www.thekidswindow.co.uk/News/The_Titanic.htm
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/titanic.html
National Geographic Explorer Magazine Article
Titanic Science
Visitors become immersed in a first hand exploration of the collision, sinking and ultimate fate of the great ship. You will feel the impact as you view actual artifacts recovered from Titanic’s wreck site miles below the North Atlantic and learn the true stories of her passengers and crew.
Titanic
Created by the National Museum of Northern Ireland, this site provides great primary sources resources, oral histories, links to teaching materials, and lets you explore the area where the Titanic was built.
Titanic Revisited: National Geographic
Robert Ballard describes going back to the wreckage site 19 years after first discovering it. Includes numerous links, interactive activities, video, and resources.
Titanic: 3D Movie Meets Historical Underwater Mystery
Washington Post's Issues in the News
Space!
Look in nonfiction 523s, 525, 550 for books on space and the planets.
Here are some books you could start with !
Far Planets 523.4 KER
Near Planets 523.5 KER
Is There Life on Other Planets?: And Other Questions About Space 500.5 VOG
Earth is like a Giant Magnet : And Other Freaky Facts about Planets, Oceans, and Volcanoes 550 SEU
Check out these websites to help answer your questions:
Questions and answers about the planets
Information about all of the planets, their moons, and space exploration
Planet X-treme Weather-http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/goes/planets/index.shtml
Galaxys, the Universe, black holes, Galaxies, Nebulas, Stars, Quasars
Mars, space shuttles, future ships, telescopes, explore Mars
See what the sky will look like-TONIGHT! Observation!
Try out your space skills with NASA!
Search NASA for answers to your questions
Westward Expansion
Web Pathfinder for Lewis and Clark
- Interactive journey: this site leads you through the travels of Lewis and Clark with journal and log entries .
- Use the dates on the left side of the page to understand the timeline of Lewis and Clark’s expedition.
- This is a list of all of the supplies that Lewis and Clark took on their travels.
- Journal entries of Lewis and Clark
- Interactive trail map of Lewis and Clark’s route.
- Journal entries, timelines, maps
- Use the choices at the left of the screen to learn about the plants, animals, and tribes that Lewis and Clark studied on their expedition .
- Scroll to the bottom of this page to find answers to some interesting questions about the time period, people, and travels of Lewis and Clark.
- Native American tribes (Indian tribes)
- The Corps of Discovery
Famous Scientists
Elizabeth Blackwell
Temple Grandin
Grace Hopper
biography and timeline
Alexander Fleming
Karl Benz
John Deere
W.K. Kellogg
Clara Barton
Biography Biography with sound
Clara Barton: Women in History
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton
at Bio 4 Kids
Woolsthorpe Manor
his birthplace
Newton's Laws of Motion
at NASA Glen Research Center
(Be sure the volume is turned up when you view the following video lessons.
Click on the link "Click Here to Begin Lesson"
See also "Related Resources" in the right hand box on the page.)
Newton's Law of Gravity
video lesson
Sir Isaac Newton
from University of St. Andrews, Scotland
(has pictures of Newton)
Isaac Newton Resources
from the Isaac Newton Institute
for Mathematical Sciences
Isaac Newton
biography with audio version
Edwin Hubble
Virginia Apgar
Biography Biography and what happend in her childhood
Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers, First Flight, 1903
accounts from Eye Witness to History
Wilbur and Orville Wright
First Flight
(other biographies available)
The Wright Brothers
from MIT
The Wright Brothers
People and Discoveries, PBS
First Flight
pioneers in flight
The Wright Brothers
biography with audio version
Flight at Kitty Hawk
view a QuickTime movie at PBS
Wright Brothers Photography
from Paperless Archives
