Curated OER
The Structure of Materials
Students brainstorm what matter is and how they define it. They construct a water molecule with marshmallows and toothpicks. In addition, they watch videos to explore the use the idea of nanoscience to investigate the properties of...
Curated OER
World's Most Powerful Explosions
In this explosions learning exercise, students review some of the most powerful explosions that have taken place around the world throughout history. This learning exercise has 17 short answer questions.
Other
Harper Collins: History in an Hour: The Hindenburg Disaster
A concise summary of the Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937.
Other
History Today: The Hindenburg Disaster and the End of the Airship Era
Article describing the history of the Hindenburg, with videos of it in flight and of it crashing.
Other
Daniel Grossman: Airships: Lz 129 Hindenburg
A comprehensive look at the design, history, and crash of the Hindenburg airship. Includes flight plans, engineers' drawings, and photos of the interior and exterior. Many first- and second-person accounts of seeing the Hindenburg can be...
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Object of the Month: Mail From the Hindenburg Crash
Provides background information and details of the Hindenburg crash, plus descriptions and photos of mail salvaged from the wreck. Suggested reading material and an audio/visual clip of the actual crash also included. [1:13]
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: Crash of the Hindenburg
The resource explores the crash of the Hindenburg in 1937. Listen to radio reporter Herbert Morrison's riveting broadcast as he discusses the explosion of the giant airship.
Curated OER
Airships: Crash of the Hindenburg: Photograph
Photograph showing the crash of the Hindenburg in New Jersey, on May 6, 1937.
Curated OER
Airships: Crash of the Hindenburg: Photograph
Photograph showing the crash of the Hindenburg in New Jersey, on May 6, 1937.