Weston Middle School
Massachusetts Grade 8
Technology/Engineering MCAS Review
6. Transportation Technologies |
| Broad Concept: Transportation technologies are systems and devices that move goods and people from one place to another across or through land, air, water, or space. |
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6.1 Identify and compare examples of transportation systems and devices that operate on each of the following: land, air, water, and space. |
| 6.2 Given a transportation problem, explain a possible solution using the universal systems model. |
| 6.3 Identify and describe three subsystems of a transportation vehicle or device, i.e., structural, propulsion, guidance, suspension, control, and support. |
| 6.4 Identify and explain lift, drag, friction, thrust, and gravity in a vehicle or device, e.g., cars, boats, airplanes, rockets. |
Transportation Test Items (6) |
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Space Shuttle Launch (NASA photo) |
Revised December 2005 by Jonathan Dietz,
dietzj@mail.weston.org