boats and boating

Experiments to do at home or school with home equipment, showing basic principles of how boats float and move and how planes fly.

The students in Miss Mickle's third-grade class enjoy a boat trip on the Connecticut River after a class discussion of ancestors reveals that Sidney and Ida both have connections to the sea.

The reader is invited to guess who causes the boat to sink when five animal friends of varying sizes decide to go for a row.

Explains how ships, sailboats, jet skis, and other water vehicles work, what keeps them afloat, and how they are constructed.

Presents various kinds of boats which come and go in a busy harbor.

A history of the development and uses of boats, ships, and rafts, from birch-bark canoes to luxury liners.

When a woman's poodle disappears during a boat ride around the city, Cam uses her photographic memory to solve the mystery.

A boat captain and his men battle Bill McGrew and his pirate crew on the Erie Canal in a rhyming tale inspired by a folksong.

Eight animals on a sailboat learn that by using their individual talents for the good of the group they all benefit and keep each other afloat and safe.