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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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Read Works

Read Works: Traffic Lights

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about traffic lights and how to use them to cross a street. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson challenges young scholars to solve congestion and traffic delays in an intersection through modifying traffic signal operation. Students are required to collect traffic data, optimize the timing of a traffic signal via the...
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Read Works

Read Works: Making Streets Safer

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about traffic lights and how they make streets safer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Smart Motorist: What Causes Car Accidents?

For Students 9th - 10th
There are four factors that "Contribute to the vast majority of collisions." This detailed website discusses these: "Equipment Failure," "Roadway Design," "Poor Roadway Maintenance," and "Driver Behavior."
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Curated OER

Green Traffic Light

For Students 6th - 8th
Different colors have different meanings in different places. Check out these interesting facts about the meanings of colors, you might learn some things about your favorite color.
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Other

The Rad Rider Web Site: Homepage

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this site to meet the comic book superhero, Rad Rider. Read and listen to his comic book adventure to learn important bike safety tips. Then take the online quiz to see if you're ready to bike with Rad.

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