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European Space Agency

European Space Agency: Cassini Huygens

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home page of the Huygens probe, which will be launched into Saturn's moon Titan's atmosphere.
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Handout
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System Details: Moons of Saturn

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the dozens of Saturn's moons orbiting the second largest planet of our solar system. Find out about the Cassini space mission which explored Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
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European Space Agency

European Space Agency: Esa Kids: Our Universe: Cassini Huygens

For Students 3rd - 8th
An introduction to Cassini-Huygen, a joint mission to investigate Saturn and its moon, Titan. Told in an animated comic format.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Robert Ballard 1942

For Students 3rd - 8th
Although best known for finding the wreck of the Titanic, Robert Ballard has also explored oceans, developed submarines, and founded the JASON project. Here you can read about his exciting life. Also includes photos.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Christiaan Huygens

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about prominent Dutch mathematician and scientist, Christiaan Huygens, whose work included early telescopic studies of the rings of Saturn and the discovery of its moon Titan, the invention of the pendulum clock, and other...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Mt. Logan: Canadian Titan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Mt. Logan in Canada's Yukon Territory is the tallest mountain in Canada and the second tallest in North America. Learn about the people who live around it, the history of mountaineering in the area, and the science - both geological and...
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Article
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Spewing Volcano Seen on Saturn's Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses research backing the existence of a methane spewing volcano spotted on Saturn's moon, Titan. The volcano is discussed in respect to Titan's atmosphere.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Robert Ballard

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the marine biologist Robert Ballard, who discovered the most famous wreck of the twentieth century - the Titanic.
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PBS

Pbs: Lost Liners (Teacher Resources)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find five lesson plans, about the Titanic, the Empress of Ireland, and the Lusitania, developed by the producers of the PBS documentary "Lost Liners" to complement the film and its companion website. This collection of classroom...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Titan's Goblet

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Titan's Goblet", created by Thomas Cole in 1833 (Oil on canvas, 49 x 41 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Battle Between the Gods and the Titans

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Battle Between the Gods and the Titans", created by Joachim Wtewael, c. 1600 (Oil on copper, 16 x 20 cm).
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Remains of 1901 Shipwreck Discovered

For Students 3rd - 8th
Article about the discovery of the SS City of Rio de Janeiro, a ship wrecked in the Golden Gate Strait of California in 1901.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Titanic's Lost Sister: Camera Overboard!

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Curated OER

Titan

For Students 9th - 10th
Saturn:10
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Biography of Amer: Philip Armour and Packing House Conditions

For Students 9th - 10th
Philip Armour, an industry titan in the meat industry, made his money by exploiting the need of his workers for jobs. Read about the deplorable conditions the workers endured in the packinghouses and in the shanty towns in which they...
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New York Times

New York Times: Picasso and Matisse

For Students 9th - 10th
Michael Kimmelman, art critic for the "New York Times," narrates a slideshow of the work of two titans of twentieth-century art, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. He clearly documents the friendly rivalry that existed between these two...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Spectroscopy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn how using a spectrograph helps us understand the composition of light sources. Using simple materials and holographic diffraction gratings (available online at a variety of sites, including Edmund Scientifics and the...
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Robert D. Ballard, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Robert Ballard, a trained marine geologist who is famous for discovering the Titanic as well as his work in oceanic research. Today, he is resident of the Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut; Scientist Emeritus...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Ocean Portal: Ocean Life & Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
From the tiny to the titanic, from the familiar to the undiscovered, the ocean offers a stunning diversity of marine life and nearly every kind of habitat imaginable. Dive in and explore them here. Links incude stories, videos and photos...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Action Reports, First Hand Accounts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains action reports and first-hand accounts of the war in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. A wealth of information here.
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University of Pennsylvania

Dreiser Web Source: Biography of Theodore Dreiser

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a detailed biography on American author Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945). Read about his immigrant family, his difficult childhood, and the development of his writing career.
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Handout
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Nereus, a Marine Deity

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Nereus, a truthful and good-natured marine deity, who went from being half fish and half man to fully human and was father to 50 beautiful mermaids, the Nereids.
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Handout
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Demigods & Spirits: Pleiades

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Pleiades, seven sisters and goddesses of the mountains, who were turned into doves and then stars to form the famous Pleiades.
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Probes to the Outer Planets (Level 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a description of the many probes sent to the outer planets, including pictures and vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms. Other links on interesting facts and more detailed information are also included.

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