In this lesson, students prepare their design plans for building their own toy vehicle from local manufacturers' discards. They start to conceptualize what may help the vehicle roll straight and far as they discuss ideas with classmates...

Quick consumer guide provides information on all aspects of leasing a vehicle to help you understand the costs and terms of a lease and shows you how leasing a car is different than buying.

Although based out of New Zealand, this site provides quality information on the occupation of selling vehicles. Information includes typical tasks and duties, personal requirements needed for the job, education requirements, typical...

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...

Thanks to autonomous technologies, it won't be long until computers entirely control much of the world's driving experience. But to become a fully viable, ubiquitous option, there are still significant hurdles to clear. This article...

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.

Explore forces of motion and properties of gasses by building a vehicle that runs along a string track powered by air pressure.

Suspension systems on a vehicle absorb the shocks from contact with a road while it is in motion. This article explains related terminology, how suspension systems work, the components, and the different types of suspension springs.

In this lesson, learners will examine music during wartime protests. Students will analyze a wartime protest song and present it to the class. Includes a PowerPoint presentation discussing music as a primary source and links to help...

Find numerous tips to help you better control your vehicle when driving in the rain. Also, this website provides a section on hydroplaning (also called aquaplaning). Includes causes and what you should do if your car begins to hydroplane.

In this real-world application of algebra, students develop designs for parking lots in Central Park. They go through a process of guessing a design, calculating the layout, using variables so their equation works for the design of any...

The activity will first explore the concept of current in electrical circuits. Current will be defined as the flow of electrons. Photovoltaic (PV) cell properties will then be introduced. This will lead to the principle of "Conservation...

Highlights eight places in Colorado where it is possible to view wildlife from the safety of your vehicle. These include Rocky Mountain National Park, Guanella Pass Scenic Byway, State Forest Park, Bighorn Sheep Canyon, and more.

Explains what static and kinetic friction are, what their coefficients of friction are in different scenarios, and how these concepts are applied when looking at automobile braking distances and vehicle control when driving.

A comprehensive site devoted to the history of rockets, with excellent illustrations interspersed throughout.

Hands on activity where learners focus on aerospace engineering to investigate space flight from the viewpoint of an engineer. They design, build, and launch their rocket, then share their experiences with the class.

This site has a description of the Space Shuttle and its uses. Included are vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms, graphics and a printable version.

This resource provides statistical evidence, backgrounders, FAQs, climate impact reports, and suggested solutions to the global problem.

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....

In this 3-5 teaching module, students conduct experiments, explore with online interactives, and watch videos that help them understand how vehicles work. Then, students demonstrate their understanding by designing energy efficient...

For this task, students write expressions that describe the relationship between quantities. The task looks at the amount of gas produced by a given number of barrels of crude oil, the number of miles a vehicle can drive on a quantity of...

Young scholars develop an understanding of visible air pollutants with an incomplete combustion demonstration, a "smog in a jar" demonstration, building simple particulate matter collectors, and exploration of engineering roles related...

Learners learn how engineers navigate satellites in orbit around the Earth and on their way to other planets in the solar system. In accompanying activities, they explore how ground-based tracking and onboard measurements are performed....

In this lesson, students will explore motion, rockets and rocket motion while assisting Spacewoman Tess, Spaceman Rohan and Maya in their explorations. They will first learn some basic facts about vehicles, rockets and why we use them....