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Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
The Loughborough University Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering provides a site that the student can learn all there is to know about degrees, research, publications, etc. in the field of automotive engineering at the...
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Website
Other

Home Page for the Society of Automotive Engineers (Sae)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home site of the Society of Automotive Engineers. This is the professional organization for those in the automotive engineering field.
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Website
Other

Texas Department of Transportation

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource has information on various types of transportation and issues in Texas, and general facts.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Technology: I Like Cars!

For Students Pre-K - K
Cars come in many shapes and sizes. Book includes audio narration in seven additional languages with text in English.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Americans Adopt the Auto

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition explores the role of transportation in American history focusing on the way the automobile went from being a plaything of the rich to a major factor in the American transportation landscape.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Making Sense of "Failed" Car Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
America on the Move explores the role of transportation in American History highlighting its role as a vital part of our business, social, and cultural history. Learn about the auto industry's experiments, dead-ends, and temporary...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: On the Interstate: I 10: 1956 1990

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the ways that the interstates changed commerce, travel, and where we live. The interstates have profoundly changed American landscapes and lives, and the way business is conducted. I-10 sweeps almost 2,500 miles across the...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: The People's Highway: Route 66: 1930s 1940s

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the America on the Move exhibition explores the substance behind the myth of Route 66, telling the stories of real people who made their living on or beside the road and who traveled on the fabled highway.
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Interactive
Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out some of the future car designs from major manufacturers. Also learn about what goes in to powering cars among other bits of information.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Ford Installs First Moving Assembly Line

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the history of the assembly line discusses how the use of this tool was initiated by Henry Ford in his Automobile plant.
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Handout
Other

Encyber Pedia

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An encyclopedia online. Just look for your topic to find information that you need. Provides information on a wide range of topics.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Future Car: Fuel Cells

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Investigate the innovations surrounding fuel cell technology and the potential use of hydrogen as an automobile power source. Generate hydrogen gas by splitting water in a process called electrolysis.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Henry Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of the famous inventor Henry Ford in this article.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Early Cars: Fact Sheet for Children

For Students 3rd - 8th
Encyclopedia entry presents fun facts about the history of the automobile.
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Website
Other

The Auto Channel

For Students 9th - 10th
Website contains the latest news, issues, road conditions, recalls, and reports for the car owner and auto industry.
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Website
Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Score: Washington Elementary School: From Foot to Flight

For Students 3rd - 5th
The history of transportation in the United States is at the click of the mouse for specific modes. Activities and glossary are included. Geared toward primary students in content and navigation.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Traveling by Car

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how the Model T automobile changed public transportation and how the national highway system was the rest of the story about America's love affair with the automobile.
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Lesson Plan
McREL International

Mc Rel: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
McRED offers a lesson plan to help students understand what mode of transportation is most efficient to ship goods.
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Transportation Improvements in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
When World War I ended in 1918 and the troops came home, folks felt optimistic about the future and eager to get on with their lives. This optimism led to an extraordinary decade that brought major changes in the way citizens traveled by...
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Transportation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is Transportation.
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Website
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Delco

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The automotive industry was expanding in the beginning of the 20th century. Read about a company that was developing improvements for automobils, the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company, otherwise known as Delco.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The History of Automobiles: Comprehension Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson targets the history of the automobile in three major phases of its development.
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Website
Other

Popular Mechanics: Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Popular Mechanics covers the latest in technology. Topics include computers, the Internet, audio, television, and more.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Henry Ford Biografia (Espanol)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Henry Ford. Ford's great ideas were to improve the inventions around him and to produce them very efficiently. Good links to pictures and other information.