Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Do Submarines Need Fins?
In this science project, you can investigate how submarines use stabilizing fins to move forward. Exploring friction and buoyant force you will get closer to understanding how these large ships function. Research resources are included...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 381: Civil War Submarine
A short discussion about the invention of the submarine and its use by both the Confederates and the Federals in the Civil War. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
US Navy
Naval Historical Center: H. L. Hunley, Confederate Submarine
This site provides a short article on the history of the first submarine to engage and sink a warship. Many links to information about its history, preservation and excavation. Includes original US and Confederate Navy documents.
Brigham Young University
Wwi Doc. Archive: German Discussions Concerning Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Read this official German document, translated into English, from 1917 concerning the issue of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Submarines in the Cold War
Gives excellent information on all aspects of the nuclear submarines in use today.
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Submarine
Students are challenged to create a submarine that will dive down through the water and come back to the surface. This site includes the challenge, tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document their engineering design process.
Other
Submarine Cable Map 2014
This resource includes details of the world's submarine cables and shows us where the underwater internet is headed in the future. Location and direction of 44 cable vessels (as of December 6, 2013) are provided. Depicts 285 cable...
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Design a Submarine
Become an engineer, and design a submarine that moves in the water like a real submarine. Try making it sink, float, and hover in the water.
Read Works
Read Works: World War I the Sinking of the Lusitania and Submarine Warfare
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the sinking of the submarine the Lusitania during World War I. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Nova Online: Submarines, Secrets and Spies
The companion site to a NOVA program on the role of submarines in the Cold War, this site provides a close-up view of life on a nuclear submarine. In addition, the transcript of the program is available, which details some of the ways...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat by Victor Appleton
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1910, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Fulton's Submarine
Discusses the technological and political conditions which led to Robert Fulton's invention and development of the submarine. Includes some biographical information and some graphics of early submarine sketches. (Text is the actual radio...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Boy Scouts in a Submarine by G. Harvey Ralphson
This is the complete text of the novel "Boy Scouts in a Submarine" by G. Harvey Ralphson.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Buoyancy, Density, and Fluid Principles: Make Mini Submarine
In this lab, students will use the scientific method to design an experiment that explains how/why a submarine floats and sinks.
NOAA
Noaa: National Marine Sanctuaries: Uss Alligator
A website dedicated to the engineering marvel, USS Alligator. Read a history and find blueprints of this innovative submarine. Use the topics on the left to navigate the site. From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor
Japanese submarines in use near the end of World War II had the potential to inflict heavy damage on the United States. This transcript looks at these 'killer subs' and what we now know about them. Additional materials discuss the threat...
Oregon State University
Volcano World: Submarine Volcanoes
Did you know the most productive volcanic systems on Earth are beneath the ocean? This reference page will explore the features and properties of these submarine volcanoes.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Monterey Submarine Canyon, California Moored Array Data Report [Pdf]
This advanced site discusses some of the research done and research techniques used in studies of the Monterey Canyon. Great graphics showing the position of the canyon relative to other features of the continental margin. Also...
NOAA
Noaa: Submarine Ring of Fire 2006
This multi-media site is packed with interesting information about the exploration of the undersea volcanos situated along the Marianna Arc.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: The Boy Allies Under the Sea, Or, the Vanishing Submarines
This ebook version of Robert L. Drake's The Boy Allies Under The Sea, Or, The Vanishing Submarines has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be...
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat
This ebook version of Victor Appleton's Tom Swift And His Submarine Boat, Or, Under The Ocean For Sunken Treasure has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Bottled Up Buoyancy
Sure you understand what makes submarines cool, they allow us go underwater and explore the sea! But understanding how they function is a completely different matter. This lab will help you investigate how submarines dive and surface by...
Digital History
Digital History: The United States Wwi
This site explains how Germany resuming unrestricted submarine warfare contributed to the US entering WWI. Site is well-written, informative, and contains great details.
Curated OER
History Matters: The Zimmerman Telegram Bringing America Closer to War
This is a copy of the actual Zimmerman Telegram where Germany states that it "Intends to begin - unrestricted submarine warfare." A great primary source that takes students deeper into historical understanding.
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