National Geographic
National Geographic: Encyclopedia: Ocean Trench
Comprehensive information about deep-ocean trenches. Includes maps, a video [1:29], and a vocabulary list.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Aboard Alvin
This Gulf of Maine educational website takes students aboard the submersible Alvin. It includes informational pages such as a project overview, as well as pages about Alvin, hydrothermal vents, and the researchers involved in the...
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My Science Site
Beneath the Sea: Blowing Ballast [Pdf]
Students dive down deep as they experience a hands-on activity and build a model of a submersible. Lesson plan includes a web connection, a teaching guide, extensions to learning as well as curriculum links and national science...
Integrated Publishing
Integrated Publishing: Forces in Liquids
Good information on the forces exerted by liquids on the object submersed in them.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Mysteries of the Deep: Life Sized Drawing
Use a scale drawing of the Hunley as a model from which to draw a full-scale version of the Confederate submarine, the CSS H.L. Hunley.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Seafloor
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examines how Earth scientists study the seafloor.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Titanic's Lost Sister: Camera Overboard!
Learn about different diving equipment in order to determine which would be most useful in recovering a sunken object and exploring underwater. Find a location on a globe or map using latitude and longitude coordinates.