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This nation-wide project is sponsored in Georgia by the National Science Center Fort Discovery collaborating with the Georgia Educational Technology Training Centers. The project is directed by the ETTC at the National Science Center. 

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paperback book - ISBN: 0140367217 - retail: $3.99
 

audio cassette - ISBN: 1590070429 - retail $17.50
 

e-book ISBN: B00005NR2W - retail $2.99

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• Link to a unit, where students read a biography about a scientist and relate their work to the scientific method, produce a first-hand biography, a resume´, and a video advertising the researched career. The focus of this unit is to observe, discuss, and learn about some of the different careers in oceanography.
• Link to a learning guide to help guide students through the video. 
• Link to a 10-day unit where students will have a writing portfolio which will demonstrate their ability to write in a number of different forms including being able to write haiku, biographies, and a variety of essays. The portfolio will also serve as an example of the students' ability to read and comprehend literature. In addition this unit will provide the students with an array of background knowledge on how to read literature, comprehend literature, and write about literature. As well as giving them the necessary literary elements to make this connection.
• Link to a study guide for the novel.

Topics from the video . . .

• Theme of hatred
• Cannibalism
• Harpooning
• Seasickness
• Captain Nemo explains his reasons for destroying the ships, do you think his reasons for killing are justified? Why or why not?
• How deep into the ocean can man go and still survive?
• The submarine is attacked by a huge squid. Explore squid sizes and strength. Do you think it is possible for a squid to attack the ship?
  Ned Land saves Captain Nemo from the giant squid - why do you think he did this? What would you have done?
• Captain Nemo explains that all he need to sustain life is derived from the sea - do you think this is possible?
• Would you like to try some of the meals mentioned in the movie - which ones and why?
• According to the novel and the video, the setting is in the sea in the 1880's. Do you think all of the advancements in the submarine are representative of the time period? What literary genre do the novel and the video fall into?
• What are the real invention dates of some of the "technologies" seen in the movie?
• Pause at the first scene in the movie - the page of the book - and respond to the quote. 
• Discuss how reporters and newspapers "twist" the words of the Professor. Does this happen in today's society? Discuss bias in reporting and how journalists may fabricate stories to sell more. 
• Map the journey from San Francisco to Saigon.
• A statement is made that they have traveled the seas for 3 and a half months with no monster sightings - does a time of no sightings prove that there is no monster?
• As the 3 men explore the boat, they see people under the sea participating in a ceremony - what kind of ceremony is it? Do you think they know the "suits" are men and not monsters?