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| Internet Connection Activity |
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| Electric Vehicles on the Road |
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| http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/electric.html |
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Read the information in "Switching on the Juice." List the two cars invented in the early 1900s. Which car faded out while the other became more popular? Why did one struggle?
Scroll down the page to "How do Electric Cars Work?" Read this information. Summarize this section to explain how electric cars work.
Read the next section of information: "How Far Can an EV Go? How much do they cost?" How far can the average EV travel? What is the record for the number of miles traveled by an EV? When was that record set? By whom?
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| Web of Electricity |
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| http://avt.inel.gov/ |
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On a piece of paper, create a word web. In the center of the web, place "Electric Vehicles." For each link located on the vertical navigation bar on the left side of the page, create an extension from "Electric Vehicles."
Click on each link on the vertical navigation bar. Read the information provided. You may click on the blue hypertext links to learn more.
For each link, select three facts about electric vehicles; place them in the web, extending from the heading in which they can be found on the website.
On the back of your paper, write a short argument for why people should or should not buy and drive electric vehicles.
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| Internet Connection Activity |
| Careers Involving Mathematics | |
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| Jobs For Kids Who Like? |
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| http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htm |
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Click Math.
Then click Engineer.
Scroll down the page to read about an engineer's job.
Click the Back arrow and explore Architect.
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| Career Profiles |
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| http://www.maa.org/careers/fessenden.html |
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Read what a Director of Inventory Control does.
Do the responsibilities of this kind of job surprise you?
How is math used on this job?
Is this the kind of job you might like to have one day?
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