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All Aboard! Railroad Transportation

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create a picture of a train. In this train lesson, students read Freight Trainand discuss the trains that they see. Students discuss what it would feel like to be a train and play a game where they pretend to be a train. They...
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Thurmond: A Town Born from Coal Mines and Railroads (28)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the complex and often dangerous daily routines at the Thurmond train depot, and explore how rail workers were immortalized by some of the people they served.
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Applied Science- Built environment Lab (Trains)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars examine transportation. In this train design instructional activity, students study how trains work and how to efficiently design a track by working with an electric train set. As a class they compare various types of...
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Types of Trains

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore different types of trains. In this science lesson, 3rd graders study the "Orphan Train" and write a paragraph about what it would feel like to be riding a train during this time period.
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Lesson 1: Design a Transportation Stamp

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, in groups, research a certain form of transportation that has affected Maine's economic and cultural development. They write a persuasive letter that uses the research to support an argument.