Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Shipping For Survival
Students explore package engineering and investigate design. In this shipping lesson students are given a flower and are to come up with a packaging that will allow the flower to get to its destination as fresh as possible.
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Doing Math with Hudson River Shipping
In this Hudson River shipping worksheet, students record information about various vessels seen on the Hudson River and respond to the questions that follow. They determine how many miles the Gypsum Baron traveled from one place to...
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Jeopardy Game
Students review terms that relate to ships and shipping to be prepared for a trip to a ship building company. They demonstrate how many terms, and their meanings, the students remember from the presentation earlier in the week.
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The Edmund Fitzgerald-Vanished in the Night
Students explore shipping on the Great Lakes. In this social studies lesson, students read Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell. Students draw pictures of freighters on rough waters and explore iron ore.
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Food vis Ships
Young scholars take a short quiz before embarking on their journey. They explore all different types of food around the world as well as labeling all those places on a world map. Observance is given to all the different types of vehicles...
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Organic Vessels
Students review the life and work of Andy Goldsworthy. Using this information, they gather organic objects to create their own sailing vessel. They reflect on their artwork and determine what problem their artwork solves.
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Ship-Fish or Fish-Ship
Students read two books about fishing and ships. After viewing portraits, they identify and describe the various types of sailing vessels. They discuss how the artist showed water and detailed the areas around the ships. They create...
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Take Heed, Scurvy Dogs!
Students examine the use of ghosts in shipping stories. As a class, they assign roles and they act them out in a play. They make it seem as if they are in danger on their voyage and work together to create a script. They ask questions...
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Ports in a Storm: A Surge of Solutions
Students examine various environmental health issues related to ports and the
shipping industry. As a class, they generate a systems model related to the ship-
salvaging industry. Then in small groups, they create their own systems model...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Containerization Shaped the Modern World
Sir Harold Evans discusses the invention that changed the way we ship things across the world, containerization. [4:47]
Other
19th Century Merchant Marine Digital Library
This resource is a gateway to digital collections dealing with merchant marines and shipping during the 19th century.
Yale University
Avalon Project: The Quasi War With France, 1791 1800
This is a timeline of the Quasi-War with Franc, listing government documents that relate to that "war." Clicking on the dates of the documents give access to the documents themselves.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Lake Superior
This site provides facts, illustrations, and more about the largest Great Lake. Includes descriptions of wildlife and industry. For grades 4-8.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Geostories: Port Cities
Use this GeoStory in classroom instruction to provide information about how port cities help exchange goods and services.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Historic Philadelphia: Philadelphia History
Reading through the beginning of this article will show the role shipping and ship building played in Philadelphia's economy.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Djibouti: Economy
An interesting look at the economy of Djibouti, a tiny country that takes full economic advantage of its strategic location on the Horn of Africa.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Rudolf Diesel
A short biographical sketch of Rudolf Diesel. Describes his personal and professional interests. Also discusses the details of the first diesel engine as invented by Rudolf Diesel.
Other
National Association of Manufacturers: Home Page
This site is the home page of the National Association of Manufacturers and is a great starting point to learn more about modern manufacturing.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Rudolf Diesel
An interesting account of Rudolf Diesel and his invention of the diesel engine. The text is the actual transcript of a syndicated radio broadcast called "Engines of Ingenuity." Outstanding information on Diesel and his engine invention.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Interstate Commerce Act
Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act which created the Interstate Commerce Commission as a federal regulatory agency to address shipping rates and price discrimination.