Discovering the RMS Titanic 

Internet Resources        

Encyclopedia Titanica - http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
Search this encyclopedia for all kinds of information on the Titanic, its passengers, crew, design, lifeboats, and more!
 
NOVA Online - Titanic's Lost Sister - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titanic/
NOVA Online presents information about how the Titanic and other ships were built and the flaws that led to their demise. High graphics may lead this site to load slow. Text version is available
Ocean Planet: How Deep Can They Go? - RMS Titanic -                
          http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/titanic.html
Find out about the 1985 discovery of the Titanic, the people who found it, and view video clips of the voyage down to the Titanic.
RMS Titanic, Inc. Online -  http://www.titanic-online.com/
The company sponsoring the Florida International Museum exhibit provides other information about the Titanic, its possessions, and the people.  To log into some of the exhibits, you will have to register. 
Titanic & Other White Star Ships - http://www.titanic-whitestarships.com/
Great photographs of crew, artifacts, passengers, technical facts, and the Halifax cemetery of many of the deceased.
Titanic - The Real Deal in 3D
           http://www.nationalgeographic.com/society/ngo/explorer/titanic/
National Geographic provides a site on the Titanic.
 
Titanic - A Special Exhibit from Encyclopedia Britannica                     http://search.eb.com/titanic/01_01.html  "Enter the Exhibit" and then click through a series of pictures and captions to  view the construction of the ship.             
The R.M.S. Titanic at Sea

Posted Aboard R.M.S. Titanic
The tragic sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic has captivated our imaginations for decades. Among those who lost their lives when the ship sank were the ship's five postal clerks.
Also consult:

World Book Online 

EBSCO

The following fiction titles about the Titanic are available in our school librarie: 

SOS Titanic by Eve Bunting    

Voyage on the Great Titanic:  The diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912 by Ellen Emerson White 

Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams 

Please click HERE for additional Internet Resources

 

Created by Barbara Swetits
Last updated  by Carol Samples 04/23/2007