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Transportation Education Academy Curriculum
Developed during the Transportation Education Academy Workshops
AIR
How An Airplane Wing Creates Lift (Scientific Applications / Grades 4 - 7) New!
Let's Fly (Scientific Applications / Grades 3 - 4)
Fly Like a Bird (Scientific Applications / Grades 3 - 4)
Parachute Project (Scientific Applications / Grades 1 - 2)
Dear Charles Lindbergh (Read, Listen & View / Grades 3 - 4)
Laurie Tengwall's Aerospace Activities Workshop (Grade 5)
LAND
Exploring Locomotive Transportation (Inquiry and Research Grades K - 6)
Snowplows (Write and Speak / Grades 3 - 4)
Minnesota Railroads (Read, Listen & View / Grades 4 - 5)
WATER
Unlock The Waterway Highways (Grades 6 - 8) New!
Magic Sailboat (Mathematical Concepts / Grades 1 - 2)
Ships Across The Ocean (Physical Education & Lifetime Fitness / Grades 1 - 2)
MULTIPLE MODES
Transportation Problem-Constant Route Vehicle (Grades 5 - 8) New!
Intermodal Problem (Mathematical Concepts / Grades 5 - 6)
Design a Future Vehicle (Arts & Literature / Grades 5 - 6)
Transportation Diamonte (Arts & Literature / Grades 5 - 6)
Transportation Introduction (Write & Speak / Grades 1 - 2)
Creative Transportation Vehicle (Arts & Literature / Grades 5 - 6)
Middle School Transportation Activities
AIR
How An Airplane Wing Creates Lift New!
Basic Aerodynamic Principals of Lift (Scientific Concepts and Applications)
Lift on a Wing (Inquiry and Research)
Designing an Aluminum Barge (Inquiry and Research)
Which Wing Design Works Best (Inquiry and Research)
LAND
CO2 Race Cars - The Need For Speed New!
Fuel Cell Car Activity (Inquiry and Research)
Student Mousetrap Powered Automobile (Scientific Concepts and Applications)
Is That Your New Car? (Technology Applications)
Newton's Balloon Rocketry (Scientific Concepts)
Land Transportation Communication Technologies (Accessing Information)
Productive Activities for Transportation Field Trips (Controlled Experiments)
WATER
Barge Design New!
American Ports New!
Unlock The Waterway Highways New!
Student Mousetrap Powered Watercraft (Inquiry and Research)
Tow Boat (Inquiry and Research)
Mississippi Steamboat (Scientific Concepts and Applications)
Erie Pier (Social Studies)
Buoyancy of Aluminum Boats (Inquiry and Research)
MULTIPLE MODES
Transportation Problem-Constant Route Vehicle New!
Exploring Hydraulic Systems (Scientific Concepts and Applications)
Career Exploration (Physical Education & Lifetime Fitness)
Procedural Reading (Read, Listen and View)
Intermodal Challenge (Mathematical Applications)
Technology Application (Economics and Business)
Minnesota's Role in North American Trade (Inquiry and Research)
An Inquiry Into What's Behind Transportation Tragedies (Inquiry & Research)
High School Transportation Activities
AIR
Calculations and Transportation Support Systems for a Cargo Jet New!
Flying or Falling(Scientific Application)
Wing Structures (Inquiry and Research)
Atmospheric Flying Machines Activity(Scientific Application)
Parachute Recovery, Inquiry into Energy Systems (Scientific Applications)
Scientific & Technological Advancements in Extraterrestrial
Earth and Space Exploration(Scientific Applications)
LAND
CO2 Race Cars - The Need For Speed New!
Automoblie Starting and Charging System Testing (Read, Listen and View)
Railroad Ties (Inquiry and Research)
Consumer Auto (Read, Listen and View)
A Mass Transit Solution (Scientific Applications)
Bring Back the Brooten Line (Inquiry & Research)
Specifications of the Engine (Read, Listen & View)
Reduction of Freeway Overcrowding (Economics and Business)
Lift Bridge Design, Analysis and Construction (Inquiry and Research)
Finding Mechanical Advantage (MA) of a Simple Machine: The Wheel and the Axle (Inquiry and Research)
WATER
Tow Boat (Inquiry and Research)
Solar-Powered Waterborne Cargo Transport (Inquiry and Research)
Marine Transportation Activity: Understanding Hull Design (Write and Speak, Read, Listen & View, Mathematical Concepts, Inquiry and Research)
Marine Bulk Cargo Transportation Design (Mathematical Concepts)
MULTIPLE MODES
Transportation Career Research and Exploration of Transportation System Operations New!
Rebuilding The Gas Engine (Read, Listen and View)
Barge Efficiency (Mathematical Concepts)
Global Positioning Systems (Read, Listen and View)
What Can I Do Before I Grow Up (Physical Education & Lifetime Fitness)
Planning Intermodal Transportation Between Two Points (Economics/Business)
Marine Transportation Activity; Understanding Hull Design (Write/Speak, Read/Listen/View, Mathematical Concepts, Inquiry and Research)