Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Resources

Have you been asked to share what you do with younger students? The activities and presentations below are specific to introducing K-12 kids to what ITE does – transportation!

K-12 Activities

	Preschool and Elementary – Transportation Line Up Measure the lengths of toy vehicle queues in English and metric units.
	Preschool and Elementary – Traffic Waves with Marbles Understand and experience waves as they exist in traffic through marble modeling.
	Elementary – Streets Have Personality Game Students take on a persona and act out how they would travel on different street examples. After each turn acting, the class has the chance to discuss implications.
	Elementary - Traffic Counts and Signal Timing Learn how to count traffic at an intersection and how that relates with signal timing and the operation of an intersection.
	Elementary - Intersection Safety Learn about the different types of traffic control devices. Understand how they help people to safely enter and exit intersections.
	Elementary – Friction and Ramps Determine the angle and material covering on a ramp that results in a vehicle’s moving the fastest.
	Elementary/Middle – Pedestrian Signal Timing Understand how the pedestrian “Walk” and “Flashing Don’t Walk” intervals should accommodate pedestrians of all ages with different characteristics, through role playing.
	Middle - Traveling Around Town Develop a plan to improve the multimodal transportation network in a fictional town.
	Middle - Can I Stop In Time? Determine and measure for yourself the distance it takes to get a car to come to a complete stop based on various conditions.
	Middle - Traffic Engineering Equipment See and be part of an interactive display of some of the tools of the trade for transportation and traffic engineering.
	Middle - Sign the Way Learn about the types of signs transportation engineers use to convey information to drivers and how drivers see signs at night.
	Middle - Points of Conflict Determine the number of conflict points and the average potential collision angles for different intersection designs.
	Middle - Analyzing Traffic Counts of an Intersection Learn how to analyze traffic counts at an intersection.
	Middle – Hallway Congestion Observe, measure, and quantify the interaction between pedestrian density and travel speed in a hallway.
	High - Circles, Arcs, and Tangents: the Geometry of Our Roadways Did you know that all roadways consist of circles, arcs, and tangents?
	High - Roundabouts vs. All-Way Stop-Controlled Intersections Let students "be the vehicle" and learn how to navigate through various intersection types to compare and contrast the vehicle flow capacity of each.
	High - Transportation Trends and Tech Research Conduct online research to learn more about a topic of interest related to transportation trends and technologies.
	High – Considering the Safety Benefits of Autonomous Vehicles Conduct online research to learn more about the safety benefits at each level of autonomous driving. In addition to ITE’s new activities, these sites all have transportation-related activities: ASCE Civil Engineering Transportation Resources Module NanoSonic University of Minnesota K–12 Traffic Engineering Curriculum Northeast Transportation Workforce Center Lesson Plans Southeastern Transportation Research Innovation, Development and Education Center Course Materials City of San Jose Street Smarts Mini Metro Streetmix

Presentations/Templates

2019 Eye on Engineering Webinar for Students
Jennifer Warner

How to Put on Effective K-12 Outreach Programs
Jennifer Lillo

Educational Outreach: Everyone Can Do It!
Sarah Hernandez and Karla Corro Diaz

Transportation: Which Piece Fits You Best?
Brian Bochner

Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning
Dyan C. Damron

Engineering?
Alyssa Reynolds

Transportation Engineering
Grant Schultz

Careers in Transportation and Engineering
Monica Suter

Careers in Transportation Planning
Phil Winters

Can Bike Manitoba

Additional Resources

These sites have many K-12 activities but they are not necessarily transportation-related:

GirlStart: Hands-On Wednesday
How to Smile
iExploreSTEM Engineering Activities
ASCEville Resources
PBS Kids Engineering
DiscoverE Activites
Try Engineering
STEM Exploring the Science of Retroreflectivity
STEM Resources and Activities for Teens – Compiled by the University of North Dakota

From this site you can order a set of interactive materials designed to be used in Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Colleges and Universities to showcase careers in transport (from the UK):

CIHT Inspiring the Next Generation

These sites have information about transportation engineering and planning careers:

These sites have general information about introducing kids to engineering:

Baylor University recently published the toolkit "How to Identify Effective STEM Activities for Children” that helps parents and teachers know what to look for in a STEM lesson and offers nine examples of quality online resources. Read the full article here: https://onlinegrad.baylor.edu/resources/identify-effective-stem-activities-children/. (Baylor’s EdD online in Learning and Organizational Change.)
Engineer Girl
ASCE Pre-College Outreach
USA Science & Engineering Festival
Future City Competition

Future City 2018 Transportation Award Winner