CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: First Grade Science: The Lighthouse
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how signals from lighthouses are used to communicate over long distances.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Legendary Lighthouses
In this technology-based interdisciplinary lesson, students will discover many facts about lighthouses by navigating the Internet. Students have the opportunity to use the facts they learn to create their own stories about lighthouses.
Rudiments of Wisdom
Rudiments of Wisdom: Lighthouses
Learn about lighthouses in a unique way. All of the fun-fact information is drawn in a cartoon style.
Other
Lighthouses: Lighting the Lights
A description of the early lights used in lighthouses and how these lights evolved into what they are today. Explains the contributions of Fresnel to the development of these lights; discusses the Fresnel orders.
Curated OER
Photo: Young Boy Skipping Away From Lighthouse.
Discover how the light of a lighthouse can be seen from great distances and who is credited with the invention.