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Fuel Our Future Now: Grade 9 12 Module: Vehicle Design Virtual Lab [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students act as a community of STEM research professionals, working together to solve energy efficiency problems in today's vehicles. Students then design and test vehicles that are suitable for different consumer needs based on...
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Vocabulary Training Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains multiple vocabulary tests of 100 words each that drill word sets from animals to words of the soul. It also contains grammar quizzes and a personalized test generator.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Inspecting and Machining a Disc Brake Rotor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The proper inspection machining or refinishing of disc brake rotors ensures quality brake repairs with little to no opportunity for returns for customer complaints. This lesson will teach inspection, measuring and machining techniques...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Cars Went From Boxy to Curvy

For Students 9th - 10th
How does engineering relate to fashion? The big shift from boxy cars in the '80s to curvy cars in the '90s, explained by Vox. [4:00]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A New Ecosystem for Electric Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
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]
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Ted: Ted Ed: The Ethical Dilemma of Self Driving Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can't completely avoid accidents altogether. How should the car be programmed if it...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Car for Blind Drivers

For Students 9th - 10th
Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It's not a "self-driving" car, he's careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed,...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Information Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition surveys the history of information technology and its relation to society from the origin of the telegraph to the present. Its emphasis is as much on social as technical change. This support page contains background...
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The Auto Channel

For Students 9th - 10th
Website contains the latest news, issues, road conditions, recalls, and reports for the car owner and auto industry.
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Learn Engineering

Learn Engineering: Manual Transmission: How It Works?

For Students 11th - 12th
Learn about why a transmission is required in automobiles in this video and article, and how manual transmissions work. The article discusses all topics found in the video. [6:05]
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Disc Brake Diagnosis and Repair

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The student will have general knowledge and practices associated with disc brake repair (2 wheel and 4 wheel disc brake systems) at the conclusion of this lesson.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Diagnosis and Repair of Drum Brake Systems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The student will gain a general understanding of the theory of drum brake operation as well as hands on practice in the repair and maintenance of drum brake systems.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Bioengineer

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore how bioengineers use technology and knowledge about the human body to design office, wheelchair and automotive seats.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Henry Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography on the automotive engineer, Henry Ford.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Components of a Suspension System

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Engine Science: Volumetric Efficiency

For Students 9th - 10th
This page discusses the science and mechanics involved in the operation of a basic four stroke engine.
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Engine Science: Induction Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
This page discusses the things involved with the fuel mixing in with air to produce a power output. Also include a picture of the intake system.
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Edmunds: Suspension Basics I: Shake, Rattle and Roll

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents the first of a four part editorial on suspension importance and basics with information on modifications.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Air Suspension System

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how an air suspension system in a vehicle works, as well as the hydralastic and hydragas suspension systems. Discusses problems that could arise and what they are caused by.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Henry Ford Biografia (Espanol)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Henry Ford. Ford's great ideas were to improve the inventions around him and to produce them very efficiently. Good links to pictures and other information.
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Lost Labor: Images of Vanished American Workers

For Students 9th - 10th
Lost Labor: Images of Vanished American Workers 1900-1980 is a selection of 155 photographs excerpted from a collection of more than 1,100 company histories, pamphlets, and technical brochures documenting America's business and corporate...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Future Car: Model Car Design 5 8

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Where's Everyone Going?

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource from the National Museum of American History that shows various modes and uses of transportation in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Careers New Zealand

Careers New Zealand: Motor Vehicle Salesperson

For Students 9th - 10th
Although based out of New Zealand, this site provides quality information on the occupation of selling vehicles. Information includes typical tasks and duties, personal requirements needed for the job, education requirements, typical...

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