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Tuesday Jan 29. Read the course outline Name the 4 modes of transportation and list examples for each mode. Describe an innovative transportation that you are impressed by, explain why. Transportation Systems. Four kinds of. transportation systems. Objectives.
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Tuesday Jan 29 • Read the course outline • Name the 4 modes of transportation and list examples for each mode. • Describe an innovative transportation that you are impressed by, explain why.
Transportation Systems Four kinds of transportation systems
Objectives By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: • Define transportation technology. • Identify and describe the four modes of transportation
Definition. Any technology that is used to relocate people and/or goods. Transportation is one of the three basic areas of technology common to all societies. Vehicle. A powered carrier that supports, protects, and moves cargo or people within a transportation system. Transportation Technology
Modes of Transportation • Land or terrestrial • Water or marine • Air or atmospheric • Space
Land Transportation • Any technology that moves people or goods on the surface of or under the earth. May be vehicular or stationary. • On lined paper list as many forms of land transportation you can think of in two minutes.
Land Transportation • Bicycle • Car • Elevator • Train • Conveyors • Pipelines • Subway • Scooter Trans Alaska pipeline
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/electric-car5.htm Charging an electric vehicle • The battery pack in Jon's car normally needs 12 to 15 kilowatt-hours for a full recharge, it can take 10 to 12 hours to fully charge the vehicle directly from a 112V outlet • 220V circuit as for a dryer takes 4-5hours.
UPS uses the Zebra truck for deliveries Just under $10,000
Commercial passenger services • Taxi, limousine service, bus lines, large inter-city bus lines • Commercial freight service includes Trucks - tractor trailers, tankers, refrigerated vans, and flatbed trailers
Railway transportation • Freight trains – B&0, Santa Fe, Union Pacific
Water Transportation • Any technology that moves people or goods over or under water. May be inland or oceanic
Water Transportation Containerization • Sailboats • Ferry • Raft • Hydrofoil • Barge • Aircraft carrier • Submersible • Freighter
Wed Nov 6 • Attendance • Work on class starter sheet • Transportation systems • Assigned partner – ping pong ball shooter activity
High Speed Military Amphibious Vehicles • 45mph on water - 100 mph on land
Air Transportation • Any technology that operates primarily in the earth’s atmosphere. May be heavier than air or lighter than air.
Air Transportation • Balloon • Airship • Passenger plane • Cargo plane • Helicopter Lighter than air vehicle
Jet Raptor jet Click on the pic to have a look at the new F-35B jet trials
Space Transportation • Any transportation that reaches beyond the atmosphere surrounding the earth. May be staffed or un-staffed. • List as many types of space transportation as you can think of. • Make your best guess to answer the multiple choice questions “Travelling in Space”
Space Transportation • Rocket • Space shuttle • Space probe • Satellite • Missiles • International space station
Space Robots and Rockets Mars rover Opportunity
Space Probe and Missile Phoenix Space Probe Mars
Hover Boards Click here to see some extreme hovercraft racing
Airboards $16,999.95 15 mph http://www.hammacher.com/publish/10321.asp?pcat=&pcont=scooter%20KWSP&cat=scooter%20KWSP
Nov 7 • Sit with your partner for PingPong Ball shooter activity • Attendance • Quiz on Transportation systems on Friday\Test sobreSistemas de Transporte del viernes
Goal – Problem solve • Ping-Pong ball shooter -10 mins – complete and test mechanism • Record distance on white board • Activity 2 - ON target • Shooter pelota de ping-pong 10 minutos - mecanismo completo y prueba • Récord de distancia en la pizarra • Actividad 2 - en el blanco
Problem solving pairs – Take your stuff and move beside your partner please