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A Web of Workers
Students create webs, emphasizing interdependence of workers and products in the community.
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Media/Citizenship: Speed 3
Students examine data about the effects of speed in car accidents. They create their own media campaign about safety while driving. They share their ideas with the class.
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Rover Races
Students simulate driving a rover on the surface of Mars. In this space science lesson, students identify the challenges experienced by astronauts in operating a vehicle. They recommend some changes to make their 'rover' better.
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Jobs We Depend On
Fourth graders investigate how people depend on each other to fulfill their needs.
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Taxi Fare
Students discuss what they know about taxis and how they charge. They read the problem and work in pairs focusing their thinking on the repeating pattern of twos. They then share their solutions and conclude with some class practice...
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Let's Build a Truck
Students study the basics of trucks and transportation vehicles. In this transportation vehicles lesson, students study pictures of basic key truck components and recognize differences between various product transportation vehicles....
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Inside Work/Outside Work
Fourth graders explore inside and outside work, what kind of people like which one, and what they would prefer.
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How To Get the Job Done
Fifth graders identify the physical activities that are related to certain jobs.
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Location, Location
Third graders draw and interpret simple scale maps, use maps to move around efficiently or plans to propose actions. They use of a compass to specify and find directions. They display and discuss a map of the local region.
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Variables That Can Affect Making Schedule
Students study the variables that affect transportation of shipments and the factors that affect deterioration of a perishable product. In this transportation instructional activity students discuss the pros and cons of team...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Heavy and Tractor Trailer Truck Drivers
Read about the careers of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers. Find out the education needed and facts about the job.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Practice Driver's Exam
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a practice driver's test that can be used in Driver's Ed classes. There are 25 questions on this test. This particular test is from materials found on the website: DMV.org. If these questions...
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State Farm Insurance: Teen Driver Safety Website
Information and advice for teen drivers, especially with regard to problem behaviors-texting, drinking, aggressive driving, distracted driving-and the laws that regulate automobile safety, such as seat belt requirements, cell phone use...
Read Works
Read Works: Safe at Any Speed by Pearl Tesler
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage focuses on a new kind of driving school that teaches young drivers a different and more effective way to drive and to drive defensively. It is followed by a comprehension question set.
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Highway safety.org: Beginning Teenage Drivers
This site from HighwaySafety.org explores the high percentage of teenage car crashes, and pushes for "Graduated licensing," a process of phasing-in driving privileges, to lower the risk of crashes.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Toyota: Teen Drive 365: Prepare for the Road Ahead
This resource provides several interactive lessons and activities related to safe driving practices.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Aafp: Dot Examinations: Practical Aspects and Regulatory Review
This article from the American Academy of Family Physicians shows how the Dept. of Transportation goes in to great detail on how a doctor should check out a potential commercial drivers license applicant.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Economic Drivers of Texas [Ppt]
This PowerPoint presentation explores the different tools that are used by economists to analyze the Texas economy. Through their analysis, you are able to see which industries and business ventures are having the most impact on the...
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Highway Driving: Preparing for a Long Trip
Preparing for a road trip? This driver's education website will help you prepare with tips to help you check your car's condition and to make sure you stay safe and alert while on the road.
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Texting and Driving: Is It Really Worth It?
Learn how texting and driving can be dangerous. Get a simple tip to allow you be a safe driver! [1:46]
NOAA
Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Hot, Cold, Fresh and Salty
Young scholars simulate ocean water characteristics in order to recognize that the effects of salinity and temperature are the drivers of thermohaline circulation.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Auto Safety History
America on the Move explores the role of transportation in American History highlighting its role as a vital part of our business, social, and cultural history. This section provides an overview of the history of automobile safety...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: How Far Will It Skid?
Most driver's education classes teach future drivers that the stopping distance of a skidding car is directly proportional to the square of the speed of the car. See how this situation plays out in this animation.
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Legal Guide for Immigrants to Maine
Comprehensive but easily understood legal guide for noncitizens in Spanish and English. Though directed to immigrants to Maine, the basic principles apply to immigrants to any state in the United States.
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