Getting into the Driver's Seat: Choosing a Topic

	Librarians’ Internet Index NOVA: Death-defying designs for car safety Safety Problems & Issues at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Turning the Key: Getting the Basic Facts

Read an article in Encyclopedia Britannica Online or EBSCOhost (database). Or use HIP (Horizon Information Portal) to find books.

 

Accelerate with Web Portals (searchable)

AAA Car Safety
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Cruise With a Web Site

Glenbrook Web Sites: Auto Collisions and Auto Safety

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (click on Research)

Journal of Safety Research

Try a Different Highway

Kartoo (graphic search engine that looks at several different search engines)

Scirus (science search engine)

Why Files (Google based search engine that helps to answer questions)

 

Product Links for Mr. Jenkins and Mrs. Tunison

• design a public service announcement (radio or television) for students,

  tips: How to Create a PSA

  example: http://www.civilrights.org/about/lccref/programs/psa/

• create a poster for driver's education class,

  tips: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/infolit/poster.htm

  http://www.waspacegrant.org/posterdesign.html

• write a mock letter of explanation to an insurance company,

  tips: http://www.writinghelp-central.com/letter-writing.html

  example: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/buswrite/letters.html

• re-create a CSI

• evaluate 5 automobiles and design a web page with the results in priority order

  tips: http://www.hwysafety.org/; http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

 

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