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Smart Motorist: Older Drivers

For Students 9th - 10th
Read research findings on age-related driving accidents. This website provides statistics on age-related accidents and information on what is being done to address these problems.
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Alberta Driver Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
Getting ready to become a driver in Alberta? Check out this government website for information on a variety of topics including the types and classes of driver's licenses, rules of the road, information on how Alberta deals with problem...
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National Museum of Industrial History

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore these exhibitions, previously located in the Smithsonian Institute, which feature the great Americans who contributed to the industrialization of the United States beginning with the nation's centennial celebration. Plan a trip...
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City of Littleton Government: History of Transportation: Littleton, Colorado

For Students 9th - 10th
Incredible history of transportation in Littleton, Colorado that explains the many ways in which transportation impacted the culture.
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Fill 'Er Up: The Evolution of Gas Stations

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a fascinating trip into the past to experience how gas stations have evolved from livery stables in Wisconsin. In addition to the descriptions of the architectural styles through the decades, history is brought to life with a video...
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Rutgers University

Thomas Edison Papers: Biography of Thomas Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
The first person to make the storage battery practical, with 147 patents, Edison's life is a testimony to invention. This biography, in outline form, is in two parts; go to 1879 site after this.
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Rutgers University

Edison's Papers: Edison's Patents: Batteries

For Students 9th - 10th
A full listing of all Edison's battery patents. Not just titles and numbers, but Adobe Acrobat copies of the entire set of drawings and text from each patent application. This is heirloom stuff. With the available magnification, you can...
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National Science Teachers Association

National Science Teachers Association: Egg Drop and Impulse

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This page offers a detailed description of and a link to a set of lessons that will assist teachers in targeting NGSS standard HS-PS2-3. Students investigate momentum and impulse and are challenged to solve an engineering problem that is...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: American Racing: A Diversity of Innovation

For Students 9th - 10th
American auto racing has a century long history of grass roots invention. From an American-European rivalry to uniquely American forms of racing, the history of racing includes business interests, enthusiastic fans, and alternative...
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University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: William Jefferson Clinton (1946 )

For Students 9th - 10th
Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. His father, an automobile-parts salesman, died in a car accident three months before Bill was born. His mother, Virginia Cassidy, married Roger...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Coast to Coast With Alice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students learn to solve a real-world problem comparing automobile travel in the early 1900's and travel today. They follow the route taken by Alice in 1909 from New York City to San Francisco and determine how long the...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Question of the Day: Anwr Drilling Policy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will examine two policy positions regarding oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The students also determine their viewpoint on the issue and quantitatively analyze the cases for oil drilling in the ANWR...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Networked Beauty of Forests

For Students 9th - 10th
Deforestation causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all trains, planes and automobiles combined. Suzanne Simard examines how the complex, symbiotic networks of our forests mimic our own neural and social networks- and how those...
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Other

Info Poll Library: Templates for Surveys/polls

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a great site that offers sample survey forms for customer satisfaction, employee, automobile, bank service surveys. Gives you an idea how surveys are created.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Charles Kettering

For Students 9th - 10th
This famous Ohioan had many great accomplishments including founding DELCO, the company who "brought the automobile into the Age of Electricity."
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magneto 1832

For Students 9th - 10th
The magneto helped fire up the first generation of automobiles.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: You Decide: The Roaring Twenties?

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about prohibition, prosperity, the role of the automobile and popular culture to decide if the 1920s were a roar or a big yawn. How would you describe the 1920s?
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NASA

Nasa: Climate Kids: The Story of Fossil Fuels, Part 1: Coal

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover the history of fossil fuels in chronological order, beginning in China and moving on to Bertha Benz and the creation of the first automobile. Learn about the rise in need for petroleum, and the pros and cons of fossil fuel...
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NASA

Climate Kids: The Story of Fossil Fuels, Part 2: Oil

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn about the history of oil and its consumption through the ages, beginning with Bertha Benz and the creation of the first automobile.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Gottlieb Daimler

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about Gottlieb Daimler, a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development.
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Learn Engineering

Learn Engineering: Manual Transmission: How It Works?

For Students 11th - 12th
Learn about why a transmission is required in automobiles in this video and article, and how manual transmissions work. The article discusses all topics found in the video. [6:05]
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Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: July 30: 1932 Olympics & Henry Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting pieces about the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles and about Henry Ford and his impact on society. Includes great photos of early athletes and automobiles.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: How Has the Earth's Atmosphere Changed Over Time? Ocr 21 C

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on ways to reduce air pollution from power stations and from automobiles. It provides a link to an assessment.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id.4 Do You Fit in This Car?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are tasked with solving a common issue for automobile manufacturers that require the students to use normal distribution as a model for data distribution. They will also use mean and standard deviation to figure out the problem....

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