STEM and the Star-Spangled Banner: Ships

The War of 1812 (which inspired the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner) included many battles that were fought at sea.  Ships were a necessity.  Today, our Navy and Coast Guard still rely mostly on ships.  These links include some interesting STEM-related ship information:

• National Defense Education Program: Green Ships
• National Defense Education Program:  Designing New Ships
• National Defense Education Program:  Making Models
• Ships and the War of 1812: PBS
• War of 1812 Naval Information
• Shipwrecks from the War of 1812
• Hunt is on for Shipwrecks from the War of 1812
• Upper Bay War of 1812 Site

• A Sailor's Life for Me
• War of 1812 Site
• USS Constitution Museum

• Navy Ships Site

• Types of Boat Hulls
• Inventing Water Transportation
• Mariner's Museum: Ideas
• Navy Ship Plans

Watercraft Engineering Challenge