| Titanic
The
kids dive to two wrecks this week. The most famous wreck in the
world is the Titanic. It sunk in 1912. About 1500 people died. The
wreck was found in 1985. It was 4000m deep. James Cameron, the film
director, was interested in the Titanic. He went down in a submarine
to see the wreck. He also made the movie, Titanic.
Here are some links about the Titanic.
Titanic
the Movie (http://www.titanicmovie.com/)
You can go on a tour of the ship, see clips from the film and learn about the characters. You can also see James Cameron's dive to the Titanic wreck. There are lots of pictures from the film as well.
Encyclopedia
Britannica (http://search.eb.com/titanic/01_01.html)
The Encyclopedia Britannica has thousands of pages of information. This site on the Titanic tells us about its history. There is also a wonderful exhibit with lots of pictures of the ship.
You
can search for more free material here: http://www.britannica.com/.
WebTitanic
(http://www.webtitanic.net/menu.html)
This website has lots of pictures of the Titanic wreck. Click on
"Wreck pictures" in the Multimedia section to see them. In "Titanic
Wreck Information", you can see where the ship sank.
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