Lesson Plans
Other Topics to Explore
Secondary Sources
Click here to download the pdf of John Favill’s Primer of Celestial Navigation, “Sextant” (New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1943).
Click here to download the pdf of John Favill’s Primer of Celestial Navigation, “Compass” (New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1943).
Click here to download the pdf of R. A. Fletcher, Steamships and Their Story, “Primitive Experiments in Propulsion – Some Early Experiments with Steam” (J. B. Lippincott, 1910).
Additional Resources for Science
Interactive learning tool on Wind and Ocean Currents.
Smithsonian Museum of American History’s online exhibit, Dangerous Waters, Injury and Sickness at Sea.
Watch the videos below and learn about ocean currents from Bill Nye, ocean and climate from NASA, and the physics of sailing.