Uses a series of graphic organizers to describe America's Industrial Revolution, and examines the inventions that led to industrial growth such as the steam-powered spinning mill and the cotton gin, the Erie Canal and Transcontinental Railroad, innovations in communications, and more.
Find out how people move across land, on water, in the air, and in space now--in times past, and in the future all over the world. Learn how boats float, how submarines sink, how airplanes and helicopters fly, and much more.
Provides an overview of career opportunities in the "green" transportation field, describing how people are attempting to create more environmentally-friendly methods of transportation and reverse the damage cars, boats, and planes have already had on the planet.
Describes what it was like to travel by steamboat, steam locomotive, trolley car, and automobile when these inventions were still very new. Lists places across the country where the reader can ride in antique conveyances.
Describes what it was like to travel by horseback, stagecoach, canalboat, flatboat, covered wagon, and sailing ship before the days of motorized travel.
Introduces different career opportunities in the transportation industry including the railroad, airlines, trucking, public transit, automobile industry, and maritime service.
