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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 7: Mission Accomplished
Students celebrate by watching the traffic flow smoothly at their intersection and reflect on the role computers play in helping to solve complex problems. This is part of a 7-part engineering design lesson. [1:53]
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 6: Run a Simulation
Students utilize a computer simulation to help solve their problem of traffic light congestion. This is part of a 7-part engineering design lesson. [3:55]
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 5: Make a Model
Students process and analyze data on traffic light congestion. This is part of a 7-part engineering design lesson. [3:31]
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 4: Take the Numbers
Students go to an intersection to collect data on traffic light congestion. This is part of a 7-part engineering design lesson. [1:31]
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 3: Brainstorm
Students meet Dave Musicant, a computer science professor and explain that they want to try to reduce the amount of time they spend waiting at red lights at the intersection by their school. [3 min, 1 sec]
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 2: Straight to the Source
Students visit their city's traffic management center, tour the traffic signal control room and meet with Nick Van Gunst, a traffic engineer who shows them that the city's traffic light system is controlled by computers. They learn that...
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Pbs Learning Media: Traffic Jam Part 1: Intro
This first segment in the 7-part lesson series introduces four high school students, as experience traffic delay problems. They decide to respond to an invitation to work with the city on improving the timing of a traffic signal near...