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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...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Making Sense of "Failed" Car Technology
America on the Move explores the role of transportation in American History highlighting its role as a vital part of our business, social, and cultural history. Learn about the auto industry's experiments, dead-ends, and temporary...
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Technology
Learn about the role of technology in the Lewis and Clark expedition.
US Senate
Us Senate Committee Commerce, Science and Transportation
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has jurisdiction over several areas. Come and find out more about this powerful committee by checking out this resource.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Transportation and the Environment
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....
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum: Locomotives
Get a glimpse into the history of Canada's railways and explore how the locomotive influenced transportation in the country. See some of the important advancements in locomotive technology in Canada from 1900 to 1960.
ACT360 Media
Act Den: The Museum of Modern Technology
Informative, fun, and humorous tutorial that uses cartoon characters to provide an introduction to information technology. The tutorial covers operating systems/desktops, email, the world wide web, and networks.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: Way to Go!
Which type of vehicle do you dream of driving? The book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: Trains, Planes and Boats
A book about trains, planes, and boats, and the difference between those that carry people and those that carry cargo. Includes audio narration in eight additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: I Spy on the Road
An I Spy game played while driving somewhere. The book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: I Like Cars!
Cars come in many shapes and sizes. Book includes audio narration in seven additional languages with text in English.
Other
Centre for Alternative Technology: Information Service
Information and advice on sustainable living. Provides data for people that might want to use technology in the construction or conversion of their home into an environmentally sustainable structure.
Other
Ontario Council for Technology Education: Transportation Design and Construction [Pdf]
In this project, students will develop knowledge and skills related to the construction of vehicle/craft systems. They will identify and describe the major systems and components of vehicles, aircraft, and/or watercraft such as body,...
Other
Her Emobility: Smart Transportation: Smart Transport Systems: An Intro
In large cities, transport is becoming a growing challenge, both for commuters and for city officials who want to improve efficiency, reduce pollution, and reduce frustration for drivers and commuters. Smart transport systems use new...
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Smart Buildings, Transport, and Grids
The advantages and security risks of "Smart" uses of technology in buildings, transportation, and grids are discussed.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Technology of the 1800s
[Free Registration/Login Required] Article considers the inventions and innovations in communication, transportation, and manufacturing that drove America forward in the nineteenth century. Includes a link to an interactive history of...
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...
Other
Popular Mechanics: Technology
Popular Mechanics covers the latest in technology. Topics include computers, the Internet, audio, television, and more.
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...
Geographic
Photius: Mexico Transportation and Telecommunications
This website discusses the transportation and telecommunication capabilities in Mexico. Facts include kilometers of highways and roads, and other related figures.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: Watch Out!
Learn to recognize different safety signs you may see in your community or when traveling. Includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.
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Northwestern University
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences: Second Industrial Revolution [Pdf]
A lengthy essay on the Second Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author looks at seven major aspects of technology that were affected by the revolution and makes...
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Make a Water Transport Satellite
Challenge your students to create a satellite that can hold a cup of water and does not leak during a bumpy rocket launch. This site comes complete with a challenge, tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document their...