Students canvass the Mexican geography, culture, dress, language, crafts, and traditions in this unit of eight lessons. The Mexican Independance Day is compared to our own and the contributions of the Mayan, Azetec, and Spanish are...

Students participate in a variety of activities in a unit about the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System. They create a diorama, read related stories, and correspond with other classes located in other port cities along the St Lawrence...

In this discoverers and explorers worksheet, students read short paragraphs about Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh.

A media-rich examination of the Indian Ocean and its significance in world history. Interactive maps of the Indian Ocean and surrounding areas show changes from prehistoric times to the current day. Learning tools include historical...

This site features information and related links that can be used by students and scientists to understand the events that led to the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Lists facts about the Indian Ocean.

Provides an overview of British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom), including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create the...

This resource presents a general overview of the Indian Ocean's impact on our world. It includes maps and information on transportation, economy, elevation extremes, and more.

Learn about forces (push or pull), gravity, and friction in this module by training dolphins.

A deep look at ocean circulation returns a surprise: Currents transport water - and non-degradable, floating plastic - between the ocean basins. Thus, some of the plastic in the South Atlantic "garbage gyre" was actually thrown away in...

A Special Report from the Guardian provides the latest news and reports from the tsunami-afflicted countries. Includes animation of the tsunami.

Captivating coverage of the 2004 tsunami disaster. Find a firsthand account, many photos, and a map. (The videos and animations were no longer working at the time of writing this.)

This essay provides background information regarding China's Ming Dynasty as well as an explanation for the importance of trade during this period in history.

Join Maria and Boris the Astronaut in their journey. Learn about mass, weight, and gravity in space.

Join Pirates Slim Jim and Easy Finn on their boat. There, learn more about how to move objects.

This web page offers information on Oxfam's program to aid those impacted by the 2004 tsunami in South Asia. PDF

Nita lives on Coco Island in the Indian Ocean, and is learning more about the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon. Join her and learn about day and night.

This resource focuses on the December 26th Indian Ocean tsunami. It explains the anatomy of the Indian Ocean tsunami, as well as what is being done to prepare for future tsunamis. In addition, it shows potential hot spots for future...

This site from Wikipedia offers an extensive description of the Bay of Bengal in the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. Describes the rivers, seaports, islands, shorelines, oceanography, climate, and more.

The waves have retreated, but what lies in the destruction zone and how do people put their lives back together? The Food and Agriculture arm of the UN lists updates on the reconstruction going after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

An excellent set of resources on slavery and the slave trade. Looks at artists' perceptions, interviews with historians and others, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, trade in the Indian Ocean, resistance and abolition, trade in the...

This website highlights the oceans of the world. Even though June is World Ocean Month, learning about oceans never ends! There are links here to many resources and lesson plans regarding the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and...

Click on all the links to find out many interesting facts about the ocean. Why is the ocean blue? Why is it salty? Where do most of the animals and plants live? Which ocean is the biggest? The deepest? How much of the Earth is covered by...

This is a satellite image of the Indian Ocean, the third largest ocean in the world. For more information on the Indian Ocean and other oceans of the world, check out our fun ocean facts for kids.