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Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Driving a Buick
This EyeWitness to History site offers a description of early auto experiences, and how the invention of the automobile changed the lives of humans forever.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Technology Education: Hybrid Electric Vehicles (He Vs)
What is an HEV and how can they help the environment? Follow this WebQuest and you will be able to answer those questions and more.
Other
Smart Motorist: Older Drivers
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.
National Science Teachers Association
National Science Teachers Association: Egg Drop and Impulse
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...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: American Racing: A Diversity of Innovation
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...
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: William Jefferson Clinton (1946 )
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...
Other
Texas Department of Transportation
This resource has information on various types of transportation and issues in Texas, and general facts.
Princeton Review
The Princeton Review: Career: Auto Salesperson
Information on the career of an auto salesperson. Includes job duties, job requirements, future outlook for the job, and more.
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
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Energy and the Environment
An experiment illustrating how people's decision to drive instead of using more environmentally friendly means of transportation can lead to negative consequences. Students develop policy recommendations to solve the resulting public...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Dark Side of Suburbia
The suburbs were not idyllic for some. Women found the conformity of them restrictive and African Americans were usually barred from living in them.
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: Washington Elementary School: From Foot to Flight
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.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Smart Inventions
Describes the use of electricity and of solar energy to power a vehicle.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Components of a Suspension System
Suspension systems on a vehicle absorb the shocks from contact with a road while it is in motion. This article explains related terminology, how suspension systems work, the components, and the different types of suspension springs.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Portland Business District, 1919
A road map of the business district of Portland, Maine, from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), showing streets, the suggested Blue Book routes through the area, and the street car lines.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Lynn Business District, 1919
A road map detailing the business district of Lynn, Massachusetts, from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), showing the streets, railroads, street car lines, and the suggested Blue Book route.