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Wildlife and Highway Management
Students create a research questions about animal underpasses and how animals use them. In this animals lesson plan, students use their collected data to answer their question.
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Route 66 And Population Patterns
Learners investigate the geography located along Route 66. They research how the population patterns change in certain areas along the highway. Students use the information in order to form hypotheses about how and why the population...
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Geographic Landscapes and Interstate Freeway Development
Students investigate the topography of the United States through a discovery lesson. They create a hypothetical route for a highway across the United States. Students also conduct research major landforms and define geographic terms.
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Smart Motorist: Driving on Expressways
This Smart Motorist website begins by defining "Freeway," and then includes sections on planning a trip on expressways, merging onto the freeway, and reacting in case of emergency. Includes illustrated examples of freeway interchanges...
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National Transport Library: Urban Transportation Planning
This site provides extensive information regarding the history of U.S. urban transportation planning.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: National Highway Safety Report and You
Look over resources with car accident reports, highway safety data, etc. Students will evaluate a local issue of road safety and build a report based on the researched data.
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Language Guide: El Recorrido Por Tierra
Travel by land is the focus of these interactive vocabulary words. Learners will hear the correct Spanish pronunciation as the mouse is moved over each illustration.
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Pbs News Hour Extra: Walking on the Highway: Photograph
Color photograph of a man walking along an interstate highway.