Time To Go Under: The History of Diving and Submersibles

Augustus Siebe's Diving Helmet Design

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Although oceanographers continued to make exciting discoveries during voyages like those made on the HMS Challenger, it was not long before scientific curiosity and adventure led people to explore what lurked in the great ocean depths.

In this topic, you'll join oceanographers and explorers as they take their first dives into the deep unknown using new technologies called SCUBA and submersibles.

Essential Questions

• How did SCUBA diving progress throughout history?
• What is a submersible?
• What are the functions of a submersible?
• What is an ROV?
• How do an ROV and a submersible differ?
• What is an AUV?