Exploring Trains on the Internet


All Aboard the historic Pioneer Zephyr

When the site finishes loading click on Anatomy of a Zephyr

  1. Who worked in the cab?
  2. What did Zephyrettes do in the buffet/grille?
  3. What did the passengers do in the solarium?


Click on Facts about the Record Breaking Run

  1. Where did the train start and what was its destination?
  2. When did the Zephyr break the record?
  3. How much time did the trip take?
Send a postcard to your teacher.
Tell her two facts you learned about the Zephyr today.

Click on Send a Postcard

  1. Choose a photograph for your postcard
  2. Type in your teacher's name
  3. Type his or her e-mail address (firstname.lastname@bvsd.org)
  4. Type your name
  5. Ask for help with your e-mail address
  6. Type your message. Be sure to include two facts.
  7. Click Preview Your Postcard

    8. Click Send Your Postcard


Read the book Train Whistles: A Language in Code by Helen Roney Sattler to answer these questions:

Name 3 kinds of the cars used in a freight train.

What was the purpose of the caboose?

What does the signal = = 0 = mean?
 
 


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