Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #7_ Titanic

dArfetearmedtheofTitanndiicngwthenetsudnokwenn, shmipa.nyForpemooprlee than 70 years, though, no one could locate the Titanic on the ocean floor.

Then, in August 1985, an oceanographer nDar.meBdalRlaorbdertanBdallahrids steetaomut wonerae nteewstisnegarcahn. underwater device called the Argo.

An oceanographer is a scientist who studies the ocean.

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shaEpveersysocnaettestraerdedacartotshsethscereseena.bTedh.eyThsaewshsmapaelsl looked as if they could be wreckage from a shiTph.en a large, round object appeared on the screen. D“Irt.’s aBbaollialredr!’s” sapidarotnneer,ofJtheaenm-Leonu.is Michel, Topiteanneicd’s aboibloerosk. Haendloofkoeudndfroamppiactguereto oscfretehne and back again. He could hardly believe his eySees.venty-three years after the Titanic had sunk, the remains of the great ship had been found. The Titanic was two and a half miles below the surface of the ocean! The following summer, Dr. Ballard returned tsoubtmhearsiintee.cTahlliesdtitmhee,Ahlveinb.rought along a mini- Dr. Ballard and two mini-sub pilots traveled

Dr. Ballard and two mini-sub pilots traveled tdhoewAnlvtiontohne obnoettoomf thoefTthiteanoicce’sadne. cTkhs.eyWliathndthede help of a small robot camera, they took close- up videos of the wreck. Dr. Ballard described the robot video camera as a “swimming eyeball.”

Dr. Ballard’s discovery answered an important rqeupeostritoend thaabtotuhte sthhiepTbitraonkiec. inStuorvtiwvoorspiehcaeds when it sank. But many experts believed the sphriopvehdadthsautnkthien sounrevipvioercse.wBearlelarridg’hs te—xptheedittiwono hfeaeltveaspaorft othnethTeitaonciecanwfeloreorf.ound almost 2,000 Dr. Ballard also learned that over the years mseauchcroeaf ttuhreesTihtaandic ehaatednbeeevnerdyethstirnogyemd.adDeeepof- paper and cloth and almost everything made of wood.

Among the hundreds of things Dr. Ballard did

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Dr. Ballard recorded many hours of video. He tboroinkghaunnydthreindgs uopf pfrhoomtotghreapwhrse.cBkuagteh.eHediadskneodt future explorers to leave the Titanic remains in peSaacdel.y, later expeditions did not treat the site with the same respect. They took away many opbujbelcitcs.. OTnheis sluerdvivtoor acaglrleedat tohuetcpryeofprolemwthhoe ptoioraktetsh.”ings from the wreckage “vultures and Now many people want the site to be Bpraolltaercdtedthaats tahims eismtohreiabl.esTthweyayagtroeehowniothr tDhre. liv“eTshtheabtowtteorme loosft tnheearolyceaancenistuaryqaugioet. place,” Dr. Ballard has written, “a peaceful place, fitting ftohre aTimtaenmicowrieanlttodoawllnt.h”e things that sank when



There’s a lot more you can learn about the dTiiftfaenriecn.tTshoeurfcuens oyfourecsaenarechxpilsosreee.ing how many Most libraries and bookstores have books about the Titanic. Huseirnegabroeoskosmfoertrheisnegasrctoh:remember when you’re 1. You don’t have to read the whole book. fCihnedctkhethtoeptiacbslyeouo’frecionntteernetsstedanidn. the index to W2.hWenriteyoduowtnaktehennoatmese, omf athkee bsouorke. you write down the name of the book in your notebook so you can find it again.

so you can find it again. 3W.hNeenveyrocuopleyarenxascotlmy efrtohimnga nbeowok.from a book, put it in your own words. S4o. mMeakbeosoukres ttheellbomoakkeis-bneolniefvicetiosnto.ries of true aerveenctaslltehdathtiostookricpallacectiinonh. iTsthoeryy.cTanhehseelpboyookus understand a time and a place, but they don’t alwRaeysesahrachve tbrouoekfsacths.ave facts and tell true stories. They are called nonfiction. A librarian yooruteuascehfeorr craenseahreclhpayreounomnfaikcteiosnu.re the books THietareniacr:e some good non ction books about the • 882 ½ Amazing Answers to Your Questions about the Titanic by Hugh Brewster and Laurie Coulter • Finding the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard • Titanic, Eyewitness Book series, by Simon Adams • Titanic: An Illustrated History by Don Lynch • The Titanic: Lost … and Found by Judy Donnelly Here are some more resources for fun research: • Inside the Titanic, a Giant Cutaway Book, by Ken Marschall • Titanic: The Ship of Dreams by Ken Geist • THhuegThitBarneiwc sCteorllaenctdioEnr:icMSeamudenetro(sAosfttehaemMeratirduennkVfuoyllagoef by

Hugh Brewster and Eric Sauder (A steamer trunk full of replicas of tickets, menus, maps, and more!) There are some great non ction DVDs about the Twiatatcnhicf.oArsrewseitahrcbhoaorkes,nmonafkicetisounre! the DVDs you CothheecrknyoonufirctliiobnraTryitaonricvitditeleos:store for these and • Secrets of the Titanic from National Geographic • Titanic: The Complete Story from The History Channel • TCithaanninc’eslFinal Moments: Missing Pieces from The History Many websites have facts about the Titanic and

Many websites have facts about the Titanic and its passengers and crew. Ask your teacher or your parents to help you find more websites like these: •• ebnrictyacnlnoipcae.dcioam-ti/tatintaicnaic.org • history.com/topics/titanic /• 9607/titannaicti.ohntmallgeographic.com/media/world



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books about 8.1collision with iceberg, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, crew of, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5d,a8m.1age to, 5.1, 7.1, 10.1 edninteinrtgaionnment on, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 finding of fhiersrtoevos yoafge of, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 8.1 iintesmidse forof m kids on lpifaesbseonagtserosno; nse,e2.a1l,so2.l2if,e2b.o3a,t3s.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3p;laseyes aanlsdo mfirosvticelsasasb;oseuctond class; third class rsaefmetayinosfof, 10.1, 10.2 sinking of, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 10.1 ssuizpepolifes on

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