BBC
Bbc News: Week of 3 10 14: Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane 'A Mystery'
Learn about the Malaysia Airlines plane that has gone missing and what authorities and the airline are doing in an attempt to find the missing aircraft. Includes video. [2:06]
BBC
Bbc: Week of 5 26 14: Malaysia Releases Raw Satellite Data
Raw data has been released on the missing flight MH370. Includes video.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Where's Everyone Going?
A great resource from the National Museum of American History that shows various modes and uses of transportation in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Hazardous Business: The Railroads Come to Texas
What made transportation in early Texas so difficult? What were the road conditions like? This article talks about land and water transportation in Texas in the years leading up to and after the Civil War. Also, check out photos and...
Native American Art and Technology
Native Tech: Northeastern Native American Birchbark Canoe
If you want to build a birchbark canoe, this site shows you what you need to know. See the cut-away of a canoe that shows the materials used and how the Eastern Woodlands Indians constructed their mode of transportation.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Under the Hood: The Chemistry of Cars
There are over one billion cars in the world right now, getting people from point A to point B. But cars aren't just a mode of transportation; they also teach an excellent lesson in chemistry. Cynthia Chubbuck navigates the intricate...
Other
Carbon Footprint : Carbon Footprint Calculator
Find out your carbon footprint with this easy-to-use calculator. See the difference in your carbon emissions depending on which mode of transportation you use.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Rolling With the Animals
After reading Duck on a Bike by David Shannon, the writer will plan an original story where an animal (other than a duck) finds itself in a human mode of transportation (other than a bike). Three other animals will react to the unusual...
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Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Stagecoaching in Texas [Pdf]
An activity guide where learners refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they look at stagecoaches and how this mode of transportation compared to other...
Other
Forest Preserve District of Cook County (Illinois): River Steamboats
Information about the invention and development of steamboats as a mode of transportation.
Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: Immigration to America in the 1800s
Learners will be introduced to the reasons people came to America and the different modes of transportation used for the journey. Students will follow the journey of one man from Switzerland to Ohio.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How the World's First Metro System Was Built
Christian Wolmar explains how the London Underground was built at a time when no one had built a railway under a city before.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.
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When you think of transportation in the north, do you think of dog sleds? Find out about the many kinds of northern transportation. An excellent collection of photographs highlight the many modes of transportation used.