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ITS Lesson Plans for Middle and High School

These free lessons plans use advanced transportation systems as a central theme, in part because transportation involves many of the subjects of greatest student interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs – robotics, coding, math, electronics, and communication systems. The lessons combine activities in these areas to demonstrate Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Connected Vehicles (CV), and Automated Vehicles (AV). Most of the lessons emphasize hands-on student activities and learning through experimentation.

There are ten lesson plans - one level for middle school students and another for high school students – that cover these topics:

Module 1: Crash Prevention Module 2: Connected Vehicles Module 3: School Zone Safety Audit Module 4: Traffic Signal Design Module 5: Sustainable and Intelligent Transportation Module 6: Congestion Pricing Module 7: Road Trip Board Game Module 8: RADAR and LIDAR Systems in Intelligent Transportation Systems Module 9: Dynamic Message Signs Module 10: Intelligent Transportation Systems- Smart Work Zones View the Lesson Plans