Module #6: "From Horse-carts to Hydogen Cells" -Transportation technologies

This module will consist of activities that touch on all the apects of transportation engineering: From individual cars to mass transit to the massive air,land,sea shipping infrastructure that moves raw materials and finished goods to where they need to be. The history of human transport and alternatives to the current hydro-carbon heavy system should be emphasized. Exploring alternative transportation technologies includes confronting the enormous ecomonic, engineering, and social challenges inherent in fomenting change on such a monumental scale.

Links to activities:

1. Air/Water powered car/vehicle: http://www.members.shaw.ca/applytech/at/water.htm
2. Wind tunnel experiments: http://www.swe.org/iac/LP/wind_01.html
3. Parachutes and Parafoils: http://www.swe.org/iac/LP/para_01.html
4. Boomerang aerodynamics: http://www.swe.org/iac/LP/aero_01.html
5. See Hot air balloon lesson attached.
6. Reverse engineering from NASA: http://www.nasaexplores.com/show_58_teacher_st.php?id=02122391449&gl=k4
7. Rocket Launch dynamics: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Lessons.cfm?DocID=145