NOVA’s Car of the Future Research Project

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Learning Goals

Learning Goals:

  1. Students will be able to understand the pros and cons of adopting new technologies or alternative fuels to replace existing gasoline-powered vehicles.
  2. Students can describe the environmental impact of alternative fuels.
Materials List

Handouts

Group Materials

  • Posterboard or presentation software

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4 60-min sessions

This unit appears as a part of the following:
Clean Transportation Implementation Toolkit

This is a teacher recommended lesson from NOVA Education.

Student teams research and develop a proposal to decrease the carbon footprint of their city’s public transportation system through the use of various new technologies and/or alternative fuels. Students prepare a report that explains why their transportation plan is the best one for their community.

 

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