Transportation Modules
| Module Activities Index: | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 |
This material is adapted from a Hearlihy, Inc. catalog. It is being used on a short-term basis to illustrate concepts and activities students would learn and do in a modular technology laboratory. For additional information see the Reference page. .
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Module: Transportation Systems 401
Activities Concepts & Skills
  1. List products used in a typical day and the mode of transportation used to obtain these products.
  2. Analyze and test a dune buggy model.
  3. Mold a clay boat hull to carry the maximum payload
  4. Construct and test a model wood Variboat utilizing a flat or pontoon hull and rubber band propeller or wind propulsion system.
  5. Fold and test-fly a variety of paper airplanes following unique computer animated instruction.
  6. Explore space transportation and the NASA Space Shuttle program.
  7. Improve mapping skills while locating cities, states, countries, highway routes, etc. on a US and World map.
  8. Schedule and plan the transportation of food products in the US to arrive at a specified location, time and date.
  1. Construct and test a model wood boat from instructions and illustrations.
  2. Plan and compare the transport of products using intermodal transportation.
  3. Calculate costs and distances.
  4. Read a mileage scale and convert distance on a map.
  5. Demonstrate the principles of buoyancy and water displacement.
  6. Identify the components of a vehicular system.
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Module: Land Transportation 402
Activities Concepts & Skills
  1. Construct, test and analyze a Crash Car & a Propeller Car using interchangeable parts including electric motors, wheels and tires, gears and clutch capsules.
  2. Improve mapping skills while locating cities, states, bodies of water, highway routes, landmarks, etc. on a US map.
  3. Plan a trip from origination to destination calculating mileage and driving time.
  4. Explore the career and simulate the experiences of a truck driver while transporting commodities.
  5. Create a railroad system and explore the career of a train engineer transporting cargo to various destinations.
  6. Sketch, design and construct a model maglev vehicle from a given design brief.
  7. Test and evaluate the performance of student built maglev vehicles on a specially designed maglev guideway.
  1. Investigate budgeting, time and distance factors involved on the trucking industry.
  2. Design, construct, and test a working magnetic levitation model.
  3. Apply basic map reading skills.
  4. Calculate costs and distances.
  5. Figure time, distance and speed.
  6. Identify the components of a vehicular system.
  7. Demonstrate the principles of magnetic levitation, electricity, and magnetism.
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Module: Marine Transportation 403
Activities Concepts & Skills
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Module: Aerospace 404
Activities Concepts & Skills
  1. Review career opportunities in Aviation
  2. View "History of Flight" video
  3. Learn Aviation terms and answer research questions.
  4. Build "Delta Dart" model aircraft following comprehensive instructions.
  5. Identify and learn the purpose of key aircraft controls.
  6. Simulate flying aircraft using "Flight Simulator" software program.
  7. Learn Rocketry terms and answer research questions.
  8. Build "Alpha" model rocket following comprehensive instructions.
  9. Complete post-test to measure level of learning
  1. Build and test working aircraft model
  2. Build and test working rocket model
  3. Operate computer software to simulate launching, flying and landing an aircraft.
  4. Measure with a ruler
  5. Apply and use Bernoulli's Principle (how an aircraft wing provides lift)
  6. Learn flight principles such as gravity, lift, drag, thrust
  7. Understand aerodynamics and physics of flight (forces that act on flying objects)
  8. Learn Newton's Third Law of motion.
  9. Understand rocket propulsion
  10. Learn the purpose & activities of NASA.
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Module: Space Exploration 405
Activities Concepts & Skills
  1. Learn principles of space exploration through study of text and video
  2. Answer research questions and define technical terms
  3. Write journal of space facts.
  4. Study liquid & solid-fuel rockets, Skylab and satellites through text and video
  5. Learn design, functions and living conditions on a Space Shuttle
  6. Learn uses and functions of a Space Station
  7. Build a Space Shuttle model
  8. Learn uses and functions of a Space Station
  9. Design and build a Space Station model
  10. Write and present oral report on personal space journal and space station model.
  11. Create timeline of major events in NASA space program
  1. Understanding principles of space exploration
  2. Build a Space Station model following specific guidelines
  3. Understand impact of space travel on everyday life.
  4. Evaluate future potential possibilities of space travel & exploration
  5. Learn to make sketches & drawings to scale.
  6. Understand the effects of gravity and weightlessness
  7. Learn principles of aeronautical design
  8. Relate Newton's Laws of Motion to conditions in space
  9. Learn about major achievements of the NASA space program.
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