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BBC

Bbc World Service: Figure It Out: Travel and Traffic

For Students 9th - 10th
The learning resource demonstrates how math can be used in the real world. The activity has examples of word problems related to travel and traffic.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Automobile

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Article
Other

National Highway Traffic Safety: Social Cognition

For Students 9th - 10th
This page discusses social cognition related to traffic safety strategies and youth characteristics. Some topics discussed are attribution, social schemata, and scripts.
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Spying the Signs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks module contains a pair of informational texts that discuss traffic signs and traffic lights. Photos are available to help young students build skills in reading comprehension in the areas...
Website
Other

Aaa Foundation for Traffic Safety: Research

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of reports of studies of driving safety. It includes information about the crash risk of cell phone use and the use of in-vehicle technology among older adults.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's Up With All This Traffic?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Expanding on the topic of objects in motion covering Newton's laws of motion, acceleration and velocity, which are taught starting in third grade, students are introduced to new concepts of speed, density, level of service (LOS) (quality...
Lesson Plan
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.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Future Beyond Traffic Gridlock

For Students 9th - 10th
Bill Ford is a car guy- his great-grandfather was Henry Ford, and he grew up inside the massive Ford Motor Co. So when he worries about cars' impact on the environment, and about our growing global gridlock problem, it's worth a listen....
Handout
Other

Manual of Traffic Signs

For Students 9th - 10th
Listing of the most commonly used traffic signs in the United States. The signs are listed by type (regulatory, warning, marker, guide) and sub-type (R1, R2, etc.)
Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Traffic Jam Activity Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
There are seven stepping stones and six people - three on the left facing the three on the right. How is it possible to have the three on the left end up on the right, and vice versa, while everyone was at all times standing on a stone...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Using Traffic Data to Reinforce Inflection Points in Calculus

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Real data from the morning rush on the Chicago expressways is the basis for a piece-wise regression. The students' success depends on their understanding of inflection points. Students need to use the Select command to split the data...
Handout
Other

Labor Market Information: Shipping, Receiving and Traffic Clerks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great site for detailed information on the career of shipping and receiving clerks. Read about their jobs, working conditions, wages, job outlook, training, and more.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Traffic Jam

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders can first model this fraction division problem with a drawing or manipulatives, then use division to solve it. Aligns with 6.NS.A.1.
Handout
Science Museum, London

Science Museum Online Stuff: Garrett Morgan

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent article about inventor Garrett Morgan including information about his two life-saving inventions: the Safety Hood, an early gas mask, and the traffic light.
Website
Other

Stadt Koln

For Students 9th - 10th
A great web site, the official site of the city of Koln (Cologne) contains a wealth of information about the city: facts and figures, its history, culture, geography, economy, sights, tourism, sports, and free time activity--not to...
Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Material Recording Clerks

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what the duties of shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks are. Also read about employment, job outlook, and related occupations.
Website
Other

The Boeing Company

For Students 9th - 10th
The official website of Boeing features information about commercial airplanes, military aircraft and missile systems, space and communications, Phantom Works, air traffic management, Boeing Capital Corp, connexion by Boeing, and more.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Go and Stop? Ant Traffic Signals

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever stopped to watch a trail of ants moving back and forth between a food source and their nest? Have you ever wondered how they establish their trail? You've probably read that ants use chemical signals to communicate with one...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Sidewalk Safety

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Role-play safe behaviors related to traffic, streets and roadsigns, and learn how to stay safe when walking on sidewalks. Recite a traffic safety rhyme, and practice crossing streets safely. Related episode: D.W. Rides Again
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Read Works

Read Works: Traffic Signs or Signals

For Students K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will read a short excerpt about street signs and answer the corresponding questions.
Graphic
Curated OER

A View on Cities: Boston: Traffic Tunnel Administration Building

For Students 9th - 10th
Traffic Tunnel Administration Building (Boston)
Graphic
Curated OER

A View on Cities: Venice: Gondola Traffic Jam

For Students 9th - 10th
Gondola traffic jam (Venice)
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Bar Ty

For Students 9th - 10th
Modeling traffic data is important for urban planning, creating transportation systems, and even predicting how much foot traffic a retail store can expect in a given day. This genre of dynamic data science activities could be classified...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Public Health, 1900 1999 Motor Vehicle Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the reduction in vehicle-related deaths and the safety measures that made traveling safer. This article includes some information on the Highway Safety Act and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Acts, through which...

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