Google
Google for Education: Cell Biology: Filter Design and Construction
Students participate in a simulation which shows the movement of molecules across a cell membrane so that they understand passive and active cell transport. Students also use computational thinking skills by developing systems based on...
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Ontario Council for Technology Education: Transportation Design and Construction [Pdf]
In this project, students will develop knowledge and skills related to the construction of vehicle/craft systems. They will identify and describe the major systems and components of vehicles, aircraft, and/or watercraft such as body,...
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Kemper Equipment: Effectively Transporting Aggregate
Depending on a variety of factors, learn about some methods used for transporting aggregates by land and water.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Changing Transportation Routes [Pdf]
"Changing Transportation Routes" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about how the problem of public transportation could be solved through the process of surveying the community, developing a workable solution, and presenting it...
University of Alberta
University of Alberta: The Edmonton and Slave Lake Railway
This brief history recounts the construction in 1899 of the the Edmonton and Slave Lake Railway by a group of businessmen with an interest in exploiting the mineral deposits in the Athabasca Landing and Lesser Slave Lake area.
Hofstra University
Hofstra University: Transport Geography: Roman Road Appian Way
Hofstra University offers an excellent image and several paragraphs of information on the Appian Way, a road that set the standard for road construction throughout Roman territory.
University of Alberta
University of Alberta: The Alberta Midland Railway
This brief history relates the construction in 1909 of what was to be an extensive network of lines, of which only two were built. An engineering challenge was faced during the construction due to a deeply incised, old glacial meltwater...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Do as the Romans: Construct an Aqueduct!
In this activity, students work with specified materials to create aqueduct components that will transport 2 liters of water across a short distance in their classroom. The goal is to build an aqueduct that will supply Aqueductis, a...
University of Alberta
University of Alberta: The Crow's Nest Line
This is a history of the construction and significance of a railway through the Crowsnest Pass that connected a part of British Columbia that was cut off from the rest of Canada. Included are maps, photographs and primary source documents.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the 3 Little Pigs
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate the importance of rocks, soils and minerals in engineering and how using the right material for the right job is important. The students build three different sand castles and test them for...
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Centre for Alternative Technology: Information Service
Information and advice on sustainable living. Provides data for people that might want to use technology in the construction or conversion of their home into an environmentally sustainable structure.
A&E Television
History.com: How Interstate Highways Gutted Communities and Reinforced Segregation
America's interstate highway system cut through the heart of dozens of urban neighborhoods. Congress approved the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, authorizing what was then the largest public works program in U.S. history. It promised to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Grading Congestion
Students construct a model roadway with congestion and apply their knowledge of level of service (LOS) to assign a grade to the road conditions. The roadway is simply a track outlined with cones or ropes with a few students walking...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
This exhibition explores the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad and its impact on American westward expansion.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Let's Move It!
Students explore methods employing simple machines likely used in ancient pyramid building, as well as common modern-day material transportation. They learn about the wheel and axle as a means to transport materials from rock quarry to...
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Red River Carts
Unique form of transportation to Manitoba is the Red River Cart named after the river that divides and shapes much of Winnipeg and Manitoba. Basic construction is described and additional links to articles about the cart and its role in...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Kanuri
The Kanuri are the dominant ethnic group of Borno Province in northeastern Nigeria. They number over 3 million in Nigeria, about 500,000 in Niger, 100,000 in Chad, and 60,000 in Cameroon. They are called "Beri-beri" by the Hausa, but...
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Chair Lift Challenge
Lesson investigates how engineers develop safe transportation systems to operate in a variety of climates and environments. Teams of students work together to construct a "chair lift" made from everyday materials as a test of this...
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.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Rms Queen Mary 2
Covers the design, construction, technical aspects, and service history of the RMS Queen Mary 2.
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World Ship Society: Queen Mary 2 Photo Essay
Wonderful pictures tell the incredible story of the construction of the largest liner in the world, the Queen Mary 2.
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Brock University: Welland Canal Math Trail
The Welland Canal is part of the St. Lawrence Seaway system. This site waks you through information about its construction and how it works, and you learn some math along the way.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:nordic Sagas: Viking Ships
Research Viking ship design and the technological innovations they invented to improve transportation. Construct a wind-powered model of a Viking ship and examine the relationship between rudder shape, placement and steering angle.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Future Car: Model Car Design 5 8
Explore the fields of engineering and automobile design. Construct from a variety of materials a model of a vehicle that travels the greatest distance on balloon power.