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Exploring Transportation PPTExploring Transportation PPT
Publisher
National Energy Education Development Project
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Presentations
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
10 mins
Number of Slides
11
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Technology
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Year
2013
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Exploring Transportation

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Did you know horsepower is actually based on the power of a horse? 60 horse power is the equivalent of being pulled by a team of 60 horses! Viewers will learn other interesting facts like this from a presentation that begins with the history of transportation starting with covered wagons and progresses through modern transportation technology.

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Concepts

modes of transportation, steam engines, automobiles, combustion, engines

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Research alternative fuels
  • Graph the different types of engines on the road today

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires no prior knowledge

Pros

  • Includes photographs of historic transportation options

Cons

  • Five of 11 slides do not load

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