Environduck
Enviroduck: Green Transportation Alternative Fuels for Cars and Vehicles
Learn how alternative fuels such as ethanol can help make cars and vehicles greener for the environment.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Grade 3 5 Module: Designed for Efficiency [Pdf]
In this 3-5 teaching module, students conduct experiments, explore with online interactives, and watch videos that help them understand how vehicles work. Then, students demonstrate their understanding by designing energy efficient...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: A New Ecosystem for Electric Cars
Forget about the hybrid auto- Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oil-free by 2020. [18:03]
Other
Fuel Our Future Now: Gr. 6 8 Module: Designing a Vehicle for the Year 2020 [Pdf]
In this 6-8 teaching module, students learn about natural resources, human impact on the environment, and engineering design in vehicle transportation. Using real world scientific data and scientific reasoning skills, they investigate...
PBS
Pbs: Pov Borders: Environment
Point of View is television's longest running showcase for independent non-fiction films. This particular feature provides insight regarding alternative means of energy, transport, and the consumption of natural resources. Video, games,...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Academies: Emerging Technologies: Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles are in use today but pose challenges to widespread distribution. One of the challenges is to develop a battery that can hold enough energy for longer trips. Various solutions are being tried but mass marketing of this...