Curated OER
Kids Health: A Guide to Staying Safe in the Car and on the Bus
KidsHealth.org says that riding in cars and school buses comes with responsibility. You need to ride safely. Here you will learn the rules of car and bus safety, beginning with Seat Belt Basics.
Energy4Me
Energy4me: The Cost of Car Ownership
An illustrated worksheet that allows students to calculate the real cost of car ownership.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Horsepower Formula
Explains what is meant by horsepower, where the term originated, and demonstrates how to use the formulas for calculating the horsepower of a car and an electric motor. Conversion formulas are also provided. Includes interactive...
NBC
Science of Innovation: Self Driving Cars
This tutorial includes a video filmed at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, computer scientist Sebastian Thrun and his team of software engineers are creating a fleet of self-driving cars. His innovative approach to...
Other
Motorline: Motorsport
Austrian Racing site in German with many images that can be navigated by beginners. Numerous links to images, games, screen savers, motorcycles, Formula 1 racing (Formel 1) and cars in general (Autowelt).
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Safety in the Automotive Service Technology Lab
This lesson will provide students with the required practices and procedures for working safely in the automotive service technology laboratory. Students will learn about required Personal Protective Equipment [PPE], safe tool and...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Industrial Applications
Features an exploration of the many common industrial applications that use radioisotopes including smoke detectors, agriculture, arts and humanities, and the automobile industry.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Why Do Elephants Have Big Feet?
Explain how an organism's adaptations give it advantages in particular environments. Calculate and compare the amount of pressure exerted by the foot of an elephant and a human, and apply that knowledge to an understanding of automobile...
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.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science Safari: Fighting Malaria
Explore the issues surrounding the mosquito infestations. Investigate surface tension to explain how the egg rafts stay afloat and mosquitoes are able to stand on the water's surface, and review proper disposal of automobile tires.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Safety
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores safety situations. In the chart students are asked to decide if specific situations are or are not safe. There are integrated video clips from UnitedStreaming.com which explore...
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Charles Franklin Kettering
This website provides a biography of Charles Kettering (1876-1958) and describes his inventions for the automobile, including an electrical ignition system.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Western Gray Squirrel
Although Western Gray Squirrels are diurnal, they are secretive by nature and stay away from humans as much as possible. However, they are comparatively frequently hit by automobiles, perhaps because they lack experience of human...
Other
Encyber Pedia
An encyclopedia online. Just look for your topic to find information that you need. Provides information on a wide range of topics.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Henry Ford
Learn about the life of the famous inventor Henry Ford in this article.
Other
The Auto Channel
Website contains the latest news, issues, road conditions, recalls, and reports for the car owner and auto industry.
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: Washington Elementary School: From Foot to Flight
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.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Smart Inventions
Describes the use of electricity and of solar energy to power a vehicle.
Other
Econogics Co.: Are Electric Cars Coming Back?
This site from the Econogics Co. provides an 1960 article from Saturday Evening Post, which touted electric cars even then. This is a long and interesting article (unfortunately no photos), which contrasts sharply with today's "future...
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Timelines: Transportation
A short synopsis of the history of human-powered transportation.
Other
Bryant University: The Five Dollar Day
The Ford Sociological Department was established to administer Henry Ford's plan for a five dollar a day salary for employees working eight hour days. Discover the benefits and problems this plan created.
NASA
Nasa: The Space Place: Power Up With Tortillas!
This site from NASA provides The Space Place which gives a great explanation of energy sources for young readers using the space shuttle, cars, and our human body as examples.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Components of a Suspension System
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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Henry Ford
This site from MIT Invention Dimension is a brief profile of Henry Ford focusing on the Assembly Line.
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