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City of Littleton Government: History of Transportation: Littleton, Colorado
Incredible history of transportation in Littleton, Colorado that explains the many ways in which transportation impacted the culture.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: The Case Files: History of Transportation Technologies
A history of transportation technologies, and the individuals who led the way in developing and advancing new modes of transportation.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wake Up, America: New Modes of Transport in 19th Century America [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines how new technology and scientific advances of the nineteenth century changed America. Includes ideas for directing students through a...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Let's Get It There Fast
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate how aircraft have decreased the amount of time it takes to transport people and cargo. Students will compute the time it takes to travel between two cities for several modes of...
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Ohio Dept. Of Education: Lesson Plan: Transportation Systems Grade Four
For this lesson unit, learners learn about transportation systems, including the Great Lakes canal system, and how modes of transportation has changed over time with advancements in technology. There is a large student research component...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Comparing Modes of Transportation
In this instructional activity students will visit different websites in order to decide the best mode of transportation from their home town to New York City. Students will use internet links during the instructional activity to gather...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Family Camping: York Beach, Maine
The Cate family is on vacation at Decatur Motor Camp, York Beach, on the southern coast of Maine. It's late afternoon and the Cates are settling down after their day. Mrs. Cate and her daughter are preparing dinner in the trailer; Mr....
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Alabama Department of Archives and History: Changes in Transportation Over Time
The student will compare and contrast the different modes of transportation during the early 20th century and present-day America using historical photographs. Included are links to photos, a printable worksheet, and extension and...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: History of the Automobile
This site is from the University of Colorado explaining the history of the automobile and the impact it had on the American culture. Learn all about the changes that occurred in American culture because of the automobile.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: An Era of Innovation
Students research and learn about the history of transportation. Groups design and present a decade in transportation exhibits to share with the class.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: An Era of Innovation
Students research and learn about the history of transportation. Groups design and present a decade in transportation exhibits to share with the class.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Under the Hood: The Chemistry of Cars
There are over one billion cars in the world right now, getting people from point A to point B. But cars aren't just a mode of transportation; they also teach an excellent lesson in chemistry. Cynthia Chubbuck navigates the intricate...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bulk Transport
Article looks at the different modes of bulk transport: phagocytosis, pinocytosis, receptor-mediated endocytosis, and exocytosis.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 3: Unit 2: La Transportacion
In this learning module, students learn how to talk about modes of transportation, how things are done, and travel and trips. They will also practice using commands. Includes games, exercises, modeled vocalization of words and phrases,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Transportation Classification: Moving on Up
In this learning module, students will begin to undestand the how kingdoms are classified.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Railroads Come to Texas: Land/water Transportation in Early Texas
What made transportation in early Texas so difficult? What were the road conditions like? This article talks about land and water transportation in Texas in the years leading up to and after the Civil War. Also, check out photos and...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Introduction to Transportation Engineering
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the importance of highway transportation. Webpage includes forty-one lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary...
Other
Forest Preserve District of Cook County (Illinois): River Steamboats
Information about the invention and development of steamboats as a mode of transportation.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Transportation to the Western Frontier
There were several modes of transportation for early settlers to use when they moved to the west. Middle schoolers will research and document four modes of transportation using the Internet and print resources in the library.
Other
Odyssey of the Mind: Up to Speed
Students "learn about vehicles, velocity, angles, and energy," as they participate in a variety of creative and hands-on activities, like building adjustable ramps, researching modes of transportation, and predicting "what transportation...
BBC
Bbc News: Week of 3 10 14: Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane 'A Mystery'
Learn about the Malaysia Airlines plane that has gone missing and what authorities and the airline are doing in an attempt to find the missing aircraft. Includes video. [2:06]
BBC
Bbc: Week of 5 26 14: Malaysia Releases Raw Satellite Data
Raw data has been released on the missing flight MH370. Includes video.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Transportation Engineering Ii
A collection of video lectures from a follow up to a course about transportation engineering. Webpage includes forty lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning . Lectures vary in length and cover...
McREL International
Mc Rel: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
McRED offers a lesson to help students understand what mode of transportation is most efficient to ship goods.