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What Floats Your Boat?: Shipwrecks

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Museums

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Poll

What shipwreck are you most interested in?

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Plimsoll Line

How much weight can your boat hold? Click the picture to learn more.

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LibGuides

Other science LibGuides you can explore!

Ships Sink

A funny re-enactment of the Titanic sinking! What would make this video more accurate?

FlickR

Check out these photos of shipwrecks from around the world.

Edmund Fitzgerald-Gordon Lightfoot

Pictures and video that go along with Gordon Lightfoot's song! Why do you think the title of the video says "Illegal?"

Google Earth

Use Google Earth to explore shipwrecks on the Mississippi River. Here are three ships and their approximate location. See if you can locate their relative locations.

  1. Lousiana-Near Fort St Phillip, New Orleans

  2. Varuna-A mile above Ostrica Canal

  3. Governor Moore-A few hundred yards above the Varuna

WorldCat

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Shipwrecks

What are some causes of shipwrecks?

Crashes

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Storms

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Design

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Wreckers (Pirates)

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All About Shipwrecks

The latest shipwreck news courtesy of the Discovery Channel.

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Battleship

Click the picture to play the online version of Battleship!

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Kevin Hietpas

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