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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Green Marketing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn basic marketing concepts and use professional marketing techniques to compose an advertisement for a hybrid vehicle. In the process, they learn the principles of comparative analysis.
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Other

Fuel Our Future Now: Gr. 6 8 Module: Designing a Vehicle for the Year 2020 [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this 6-8 teaching module, students learn about natural resources, human impact on the environment, and engineering design in vehicle transportation. Using real world scientific data and scientific reasoning skills, they investigate...
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Other

Fuel Our Future Now: Grade 9 12 Module: Vehicle Design Virtual Lab [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students act as a community of STEM research professionals, working together to solve energy efficiency problems in today's vehicles. Students then design and test vehicles that are suitable for different consumer needs based on...
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Other

Green Living Answers: History of Hybrid Vehicles

For Students 9th - 10th
What do you know about the invention and the history of hybrid cars? Here's a look at its beginnings in the early 1900's, modifications made over time, various kinds of hybrids, and finally, the events that lead to the present growth and...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Learn the Issues: Green Living

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.
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Environduck

Enviroduck: Green Transportation Electric and Fuel Cell Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how electric cars and fuel cell vehicles cn be greener for the environment.
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Environduck

Enviroduck: Green Transportation Alternative Fuels for Cars and Vehicles

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how alternative fuels such as ethanol can help make cars and vehicles greener for the environment.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Transportation and the Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Looking at transportation and the environment, students learn that some human-made creations, such as vehicles, can harm the environment. They also learn about alternative fuels and vehicles designed by engineers to minimize pollution....