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Educational Links

The Long Island Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society has established an Educational Resources Team to help teachers and students in the Long Island, New York area to find and use accurate information about their local lighthouse history.

See the Educational Resources Page for More Information.

Lighthouse Educational Resources Links

• United States Coast Guard
  • Just for Kids (and Teachers)!
    • A Teacher's Resource for Teaching Coast Guard History
    • For Teachers: A Guide to Teaching About Lighthouses, Kindergarten Through the Fourth Grade
    • Teachers: A Gallery of Lighthouse Images
    • Coloring Books!
    • Coast Guard Mascots--What animals have the Coast Guard adopted as mascots??
  • Historically Famous Lighthouses
  • Researching Lighthouses and Keepers
  • Teachers - Gallery of Interesting Lighthouse Photos
  • Researching Lighthouses and Keepers
  • Daily Chronology of the USCG
  • U.S. Lighthouse Service Chronology, 1716-1939
  • US Coast Guard Artifacts & History (State-by-State Listing)
  • Historic Documents & Publications of the USCG  
• Mrs. DeWire's 5th Grade Class - Learning With Lighthouses
  • Lighthouse Language Arts
  • The Math of Lighthouses
  • The Science of Lighthouses
  • How Lighthouses Work
  • Teacher's Lighthouse Resources - Education Curriculum Materials for Middle Grades - List of Books to Read, Lesson Plan Ideas
• The Science and Mathematics of Lighthouses
  • Geometry
  • More Geometry
  • Trigonometry - Algebra
  • Physics: The Fresnel Lens
  • Chemistry
  • History
• Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics & You
  • Studying Lighthouses in the Classrom - Integrating Social Studies, Science, Art, Math and Language Arts into the Curriculum
  • Activities in Optics: Lens Activity - Looking through Lenses
    • Lighthouse Activities - How Does a Lighthouse Work? - Arts Projects, Literature/Poetry, Design a Game, Writing, Life Science, Art & History, Geography, Research
• "Robert's Tall Friend - A Story of the Fire Island Lighthouse" by Vivian Farrell
• New Jersey Lighthouse Society
  • Educational Outreach Program
• Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation
  • Education
  • Information for Teachers
  • In-School Programs
• Cape May Lighthouse
  • MAC - Education
  • Educational Tour of the Lighthouse
  • MAC's Lighthouse Educational Outreach Program
    • Download The Beacon School Outreach Program, Cape May Lighthouse Outline
• Lighthouses of Oregon Lesson Plan
• Lesson Plan - "Where Does the Trail Lead?" by Burton Albert
• Lesson Plan - "Keep the Lights Burning Abbie"
• Using "Birdie's Lighthouse" in the Classroom
• Education World - Lesson Plan - "Beacons of Light" by Gail Gibbons
• Lesson Plan - "Grace" by Jill Paton Walsh
• Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse Lesson Plan
• St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum
  • Kids' Corner - Educational Lighthouse Games
  • Lesson Plans
• Calvert Marine Museum
  • Lighthouses
  • Education Programs
  • Kids' Page - Games, Puzzles & Events
    • Drum Point Lighthouse Puzzle
• Lighthouse Webquest: A Visit to the Lighthouses of North Carolina
• North Carolina Lighthouses Lesson Plan Ideas for Grades 4-8
• National Park Service
  • Teaching with Historic Places Program
    • A Guide for Developing Lesson Plans
  • CRM Online: Keeping Lighthouses - A New Breed of Keepers Focus on Preservation
    • New Priorities for Lighthouse Keepers
    • Lighthouse Construction Types
    • National Lighthouse Organizations
    • Recent Rehabilitation of Anacapa Island Lighthouse
    • Pooles Island Lighthouse Stabilization Project
    • Lighthouses within the National Park System
    • Moving a Lighthouse
    • Pros and Cons of Moving Lighthouses
    • Split Rock Lighthouse
    • Relocation of the Highland Lighthouse, North Truro, MA
    • Preservation Education at the Cape Blanco Lighthouse
    • Keeping the Lights for Kids
    • Documenting Historic Lighthouses
    • South Manitou Island Light Station
    • Partners in Lighthouse Preservation
    • Lighthouse Management
• The Lighthouse Society of Great Britain - Index of Resources for Schools
  • Lighthouses explained
  • How lighthouse optics work
  • Notes about lighthouses
  • Light sources
  • The Eddystone lighthouses
  • An Eddystone Visit
  • Amazing Facts About Lighthouses
  • Lighthouse Keepers
  • Dramatic story about lighthouse keepers - 1
  • Dramatic story about lighthouse keepers - 2
  • The Background to Lighthouse History
• The World's Lighthouse Encyclopedia
• LearningLighthouses.com
• Saving A Lighthouse
• What it Takes to Maintain A Lighthouse
• Learning From Lighthouses 
• Duties of a Lighthouse Keeper
• United States Lighthouse History
• Lighthouse Design and Equipment
• Maritime Fun Facts
• Lighthouse Project - Lesson Plan Ideas - North Carolina
• Lesson Plan: Being a Lighthouse Architect
• Seeing the Light - The Lighthouse of the Western Great Lakes
  • Instructions to Lighthouse Keepers
  • Glossary of Lighthouse Terms
  • Diaphone Fog Signal
  • A Keeper's Life at Plum Island Light Station
  • Chronology of the US Lighthouses  
• Glossary of Lighthouse Terms
• The Lighthouse of Alexandria (One of the 7 wonders of the ancient world)
• Study Web East Coast Lighthouses 
• George Washington's Visit to Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse
• The Old Battleship vs. Lighthouse Story
• PBS - Legendary Lighthouses
• Dr. Barbara Denny George's Online Instructional Site
  • Lighthouses of the Atlantic Coast (Ages 12 - Adult) course description
  • Lighthouses of the Canadian Coast (Ages 12 - Adult) course description
  • Lighthouses of the Great Lakes (Ages 12 - Adult) course description
  • Lighthouses of the Gulf Coast (Ages 12 - Adult) course description
  • Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast (Ages 12 - Adult) course description