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Vessels in Greek art: Museum pre-visit: This lesson will focus on what vessels are, where we can find them in our everyday world, and the concept that vessels are containers that hold something. This lesson is the first lesson of two.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); By Katie O'Connor.

Vessels in Greek art: Museum visit: This lesson focuses on the uses, shapes, importance, and historical storytelling on Greek vessels in art.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education); By Katie O'Connor.

Ceremonial vessels: A pair of deer like animals in a hexagonal glass case with a blue floor. The two animals have two antlers, and a rope over their muzzles. The more visible animal is a light brown color, with distinct, angry looking eyes, and the other is brown with a red tint.; Format: image/photograph

Battleship North Carolina: Uses a variety of formats including oral histories, video footage, and zoomable images to cover the history of the USS North Carolina and other naval vessels afloat during WWII.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Ships in Manzanillo's harbor: Several large ocean-going vessels fill a large harbor. Five naval vessels sit at the dock, while two large tankers are in the middle of the harbor. Tree-covered hills rise beyond the harbor. Manzanillo is a large seaport town on Mexico’s west coast. It was...; Format: image/photograph

Measuring pots: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.7; Students will use an activity sheet or modern pottery rim sherds to compute circumference from a section of a circle and construct analogies based on their own experience about possible functions of ancient or historic ceramics.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics and Social Studies)

Ceremonial vessels: A glass hexagonal case holds a bird vessel. The bird is tan with light brown intricate, feather like markings all over the bird, which has a large body, small head and even smaller beak. Also in the picture is a bit of a vase, also with intricate designs,...; Format: image/photograph

Carolina Ocean Studies: A visit to the beautiful barrier islands and ocean reefs of North Carolina will help students understand the importance of our coastal environment and the habitat of the creatures that live there.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Boats in the Ganges River in Varanasi, India: Boaters paddle down the Ganges River in a boat in Varanasi, India. Several more boats, mostly small wooden vessels, are docked at shore. The skyline sprawls into the distance. Buildings, even tall ones, are built just feet from the edge of the shore. Several...; Format: image/photograph

An artist painting, Jaipur, India: An artist paints in Jaipur, India. He is wearing a light yellow shirt and gray pants. He has gray hair and a mustache. He is seated at a small desk and is painting a small picture on paper of a landscape scene. He is most likely using oils, as he is using...; Format: image/photograph

18th-century Indian trading camp: At a demonstration of eighteenth-century life on North Carolina's western frontier, this replica of an Indian trading camp shows items that were considered valuable commodities. They included powder horns, tobacco, shirts, blankets, rum, mirrors, beaded belts,...; Format: image/photograph

Exploring properties of matter with submersibles: This inquiry-based learning activity allows students to explore the relationships between mass, volume, density, and buoyancy as they manipulate various materials to construct a submersible “vehicle” for deep-sea research.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science); By Miriam Sutton.

Mending pottery: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.9; Students will mend broken pottery to learn what archaeologists learn by mending pottery.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)

Four-legged ceremonial bronze urns on display in the Imperial City at Hue: Large four-legged ceremonial bronze urns are displayed in a row outside a building in the Imperial City at Hué. A thriving bronze industry developed at Hué around the royal courts that, as in China, used large and ornate bronze vessels during ceremonial...; Format: image/photograph

Canal Grande - The Grand Canal: The Canal Grande (Grand Canal) of Venice is one of two major waterways winding around the city. It serves as a major transportation route where vaporetti, or water buses, and water taxis share the route with all other vessels providing a range of services...; Format: image/article

Pot vendor in Irapuato, Mexico: A man sits in front of a store selling clay pots. The pots range in size from small palm-sized pots to large floor vessels. Irapuato is a large town in the Mexican state of Guanajuato known for its agricultural produce. The town was originally settled by the...; Format: image/photograph

Assorted pots in Irapuato, Mexico: Several styles and sizes of clay pots sit in an open stall. The styles include small, simple, unglazed pots, to large, heavily decorated glazed vessels. Irapuato is a large town in the Mexican state of Guanajuato known for its agricultural produce. The town...; Format: image/photograph

Anatomy of the heart: Students develop their knowledge of the circulatory system by studying the structure and function of the heart and its vessels.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Development and Science); By Daniel Isenberg and Sharon Mcdonald.

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum: This museum is dedicated to the preservation of maritime history and shipwrecks of North Carolina's Outer Banks.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Lost Colony: Sir Walter Raleigh's brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempted an English settlement in North America first. He made landfall in Nova Scotia and sailed down the coast, searching for possible settlement locations. His expedition was met with constant storms...; By William M. Wisser.

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