Curated OER
Hybrid Automobiles
Students explain the basic principles of gasoline engines as propulsion for vehicles. They cite reasons why alternatives for gasoline engines are being considered and explain differences between a motor and an engine.
Curated OER
Journalism: Quoting Sources
Students examine the use of sources and their quotes in news writing. They determine the reasons specific persons are used as sources and why their opinions are relevant to the article. In groups, they identify sources in articles and...
Curated OER
Creating a Job Community
Students design their own job communities. In this art and career exploration activity, students are placed into groups to create models of business areas based on job types.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Car Collision Testing & Tradeoffs: Don't Crack Humpty
Student groups are provided with a generic car base on which to design a device/enclosure to protect an egg as it rolls down a ramp at increasing slopes. During this activity, student teams design, build and test their prototype...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Id.4 Do You Fit in This Car?
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....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Impact of Technology: Cars
This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey looks at the invention of the automobile and the development of mass production. [4:21]
Stanford University
Stanford University: How Everyday Things Are Made
If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place....
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century
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.
Other
Wards Auto: Auto Maker Fuel Economy, Emissions Improvements on Track
Discusses where the automotive industry was at in 2013 in addressing the problem of carbon dioxide emissions. Smaller car manufacturers face more stringent rules than larger models, while auto makers with lower sales volumes have...
Other
Automotive Industries
This site is to an on-line magazine that is loaded with current and up-to-date information on the auto industry. Good general information about the auto industry.
Other
The Pullman State Historic Site : The Pullman Company
Read about the Pullman Company, founded by George M. Pullman. Find out about the many variations of the Pullman rail car that were manufactured and how they helped the company grow.
Other
Pre War Buick: Who Remembers David Dunbar Buick?
Brief professional biography of David Dunbar Buick, who created the first Buick and whose company, Buick Manufacturing, was the forerunner to General Motors.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour Extra: Obama Orders Review of Fuel Efficiency Problems
The Obama Administration moves forward to improve fuel efficiency standards in the United States and faces some challenges. Follow article with assessment and discussion questions provided. January 27, 2009.
Other
Laptopical the Laptops Weblog
Informative blog featuring news, opinions and reviews about laptops and notebook computers. It is searchable by manufacturer or topic.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Lives on the Railroad: Salisbury, North Carolina 1927
Replica of the Salisbury, North Carolina railway station teaches about riding and working on the railroad in the 1920s when railroads were a central part of American life. Railroad lines crisscrossed the country. They carried people,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Nevada, 1904
A map from 1904 of Nevada showing the capital of Carson City, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, lakes, and rivers. "Nevada (Sage Hen State) - Created a Territory in 1861, declared a state in 1864. The real growth of the State...