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The Boomerang Box is, in fact, a box. It's a 40-foot long cargo container that was decorated by students with postage stamp artwork celebrating their homes and their views of the world. As the Boomerang Box travels from port to port carrying goods for customers of shipping company APL Limited, students and teachers can follow along on the Boomerang Box web site, learning about the complex webs of trade that bring food to our tables and shoes to our feet.

The Boomerang Box began its adventures from Terminal 5, a container port on the waterfront of Seattle, Washington, USA. It sailed aboard the APL President Truman carrying a load of paper bound for Yokohama, Japan. After a year and a half of traveling around the U.S. and Asia, the Boomerang Box moved to a new home port in Oakland, California, USA.

Since then, the Boomerang Box has explored every continent and dozens of ports around the world. It has traveled to Australia and India, to the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and Germany, and has visited Brazil, Mexico and Shanghai. In the process, the Boomerang Box has carried everything from almonds to toys, from machinery to relief supplies, traveling by ship, truck, and train to move its cargo quickly and safely.

The Boomerang Box was recently joined by its very own 'Junior' traveling companion. Boomerang Box Jr. is a 20-foot replica of the big Box. The only difference between the two is that Boomerang Box Jr. is a traveling classroom. It has crisscrossed the United States and traveled as far as Singapore visiting classrooms to bring the Boomerang Box's lessons of geography and trade directly to students.

Where will the Boomerang Box go next and what will it be carrying? Follow this web site and you'll find out. And don't be surprised if someday you see a bright blue cargo container driving through your town!