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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Welcome to Bike Safe

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Harcourt School Publishers has provided terrific information regarding bike safety. This site suggests ways to safe proof your bike to prevent unwanted surprises while riding. Easy to follow links guide the visitor through hand signals...
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Read Works

Read Works: Safe Ride

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about safety concerns on school busses. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Parallel and Intersecting Lines: A Collision Course?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students act as civil engineers developing safe railways as a way to strengthen their understanding of parallel and intersecting lines. Using pieces of yarn to visually represent line segments, students lay down "train tracks" on a...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Traffic Lights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about traffic lights and their importance in maintaining public safety and order. Using a Parallax Basic Stamp 2 microcontroller, students work in teams on the engineering challenge to build a traffic light with a specific...
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Community: Left, Right, Left: Our Safe Walk

For Students 1st - 2nd
Learn how to cross the street and train tracks safely in your neighborhood. Includes audio narration in 7 additional languages with text in English.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Healthy Me: Bicycle Rules Keep Us Safe

For Students K - 1st
Learn how to stay safe when you ride a bicycle. Includes audio narration in 9 additional languages with text in English.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Learning

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learning does not take place only in the classroom. Learning occurs naturally, every day! This KET collection uses original animation and wonderful, visual images to introduce basic concepts of math, science, social studies, art, and...
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Other

Boat Safe Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is a delightful site about boats and boating. Lots of games plus a terrific overview of the history of navigation. Includes a visit to a reproduction of Columbus' Nina.
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Aafp: Dot Examinations: Practical Aspects and Regulatory Review

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the American Academy of Family Physicians shows how the Dept. of Transportation goes in to great detail on how a doctor should check out a potential commercial drivers license applicant.
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NBC

Science of Innovation: Self Driving Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial includes a video filmed at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, computer scientist Sebastian Thrun and his team of software engineers are creating a fleet of self-driving cars. His innovative approach to...
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Stop and Go

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson addresses how traffic is managed by the use of the traffic light. Student "engineers" work in teams to design a new traffic light system using new technology to meet the needs of society today.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Natural Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what natural gas is, how it is formed, its composition, measurement terminology, how companies locate and extract it, processing, how it is transported and stored, uses, and safety considerations. (Published: September 20, 2011)
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Natural Gas: Liquefied Natural Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing what liquefied natural gas is, the liquefaction process, its history, how it is transported and stored, and safety considerations. (Published: September 13, 2011)
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Other

Nevada's Official State Site

For Students 9th - 10th
This site covers all information about the State of Nevada, including government, education, employment, public safety, social services, transportation, and the Nevada Demographer.
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Other

Nevada's Official State Site

For Students 9th - 10th
This site covers all information about the State of Nevada, including government, education, employment, public safety, social services, transportation, Nevada Demographer, and so on.
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Other

North Dakota State University: Managing the Risks

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at the risks of using anhydrous ammonia as an agricultural fertilizer. Provides plenty of safety and equipment information, as well as exposure, transport, and storage guidelines.
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Other

Career One Stop: Career and Cluster Videos

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource offers online career videos in 16 industry areas to learn about the type of work performed in a variety of jobs in each industry area.
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Other

State of Georgia Official Site

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official website of the State of Georgia. Content includes government information, tourist information, statistical facts, local city and county information, and much more.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: New Waves for Safe Flying

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses technology being used to improve airport security in the wake of the terrorist attacks in recent years. [Date of Article: April 28, 2010]
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BBC

Bbc Newsround: Flight Gadget Rules to Be Relaxed

For Students 1st - 5th
Article reports on new rules in Europe relaxing restrictions on the use of electronic devices during air travel.