Are you a parent currently homeschooling your children? Did you know USDOT offers free lesson plans that combine activities for middle and high school aged students?
The United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office recently made available 10 free lesson plans for middle and high school aged students
These free lessons plans use advanced transportation systems as a central theme, in part because transportation involves many of the subjects of greatest student interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs – robotics, coding, math, electronics, and communication systems. The lessons combine activities in these areas to demonstrate Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Connected Vehicles (CV), and Automated Vehicles (AV). Most of the lessons emphasize hands-on student activities and learning through experimentation.
There are 10 lesson plans - one level for middle school students and another for high school students – that cover these topics:
- Module 1: Crash Prevention
- Module 2: Connected Vehicles
- Module 3: School Zone Safety Audit
- Module 4: Traffic Signal Design
- Module 5: Sustainable and Intelligent Transportation
- Module 6: Congestion Pricing
- Module 7: Road Trip Board Game
- Module 8: RADAR and LIDAR Systems in Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Module 9: Dynamic Message Signs
- Module 10: Intelligent Transportation Systems- Smart Work Zones
