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Curated OER

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For Students 9th - 10th
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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Curated OER

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For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Image: See Caption Below

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Image: See Caption Below

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Image: See Caption Below

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Graphic
Curated OER

Image: See Caption Below

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Curated OER

Driving a Buick

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
Other

Detroit News: Autos

For Students 9th - 10th
Detroit News delivers the latest news and issues in the auto industry.
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Activity
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Technology Education: Hybrid Electric Vehicles (He Vs)

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
Other

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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Lesson Plan
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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Website
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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Handout
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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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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Website
Princeton Review

The Princeton Review: Career: Auto Salesperson

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the career of an auto salesperson. Includes job duties, job requirements, future outlook for the job, and more.
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Article
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour Extra: Obama Orders Review of Fuel Efficiency Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Other

Pre War Buick: Who Remembers David Dunbar Buick?

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief professional biography of David Dunbar Buick, who created the first Buick and whose company, Buick Manufacturing, was the forerunner to General Motors.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Energy and the Environment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Dark Side of Suburbia

For Students 9th - 10th
The suburbs were not idyllic for some. Women found the conformity of them restrictive and African Americans were usually barred from living in them.
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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
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Smart Inventions

For Students 3rd - 5th
Describes the use of electricity and of solar energy to power a vehicle.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Components of a Suspension System

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Portland Business District, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Lynn Business District, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
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.