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| Join us as we don hard hats and orange vests for site visits to I-40
in specially equipped cars to determine whether an HOV lane could reduce
congestion
Goals:
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Increase student awareness of traffic problems in our society
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Introduce concept of slope as a ratio
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Make conjectures about the usefulness of HOV lanes
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Consider possibilities for decreasing traffic in the RTP
Student Activities:
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Count number of HOV’s and SOV’s in rush hour traffic
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Estimate ratio of SOV to HOV for triangle area
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Predict effects of HOV lane addition
Technology:
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Tabulate and graph data in Microsoft Excel
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Use Internet to research strategies used by other areas in the U.S. to deal
with traffic
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