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HOW TO PLAY - CAREERS FOR KIDS
CONSTRUCTION CARDS
- GAME
RULES
Example Careers for Kids
Construction Card:
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER
Learn About It!
A transportation engineer is a
specialized civil engineer who designs and builds highways, subways and
commuter rail lines. Transportation engineers have special
expertise in constructing underground tunnels.
Think About It! One of the
most amazing engineering feats in transportation history was the
construction of the tunnel underneath the English Channel between France
and England, completed in 1993. The channel tunnel, often called
the "chunnel," carries passengers on trains underwater at depths ranging
from 56 to 131 feet below sea level. When the two countries were
building the tunnel, they each started at one end and met in the center
of the channel. The engineers used laser measuring techniques to
ensure that the paths would match exactly in the middle.
Talk About It! How can mass
transportation systems help a community? What do you think large
cities like New York or London would be like without mass transit?
Do It! Imagine that you are a
transportation engineer working on a mini-subway system to transport
students from their homes to school. Draw a map that shows various
routes your subway could take.
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