TRAC and RIDES

TRAC and RIDES are programs used to introduce students in grades K-12 to the work world of transportation and civil engineering and inspire them to consider careers in those fields. They both include hands-on, activity-based curriculum enhancement programs designed for use in science, math, and social science classes. Both programs are aligned to national standards. Through TRAC and RIDES, students utilize critical thinking skills to solve real world problems, thereby preparing them for the workforce and strengthening the future scientific and math workforce pool. This workshop offers teachers hands on training on how to incorporate the program and materials to use in their classrooms. There is no registration or attendance fee to this federally funded workshop. The only cost to schools is the teacher’s time away from the classroom and a substitute teacher.

The TRAC (TRAnsportation and Civil Engineering) program is geared for use in high schools and 7th-8th grade (7th-12th). The TRAC program modules are trunk-like containers with 6-8 activities in each module. With the TRAC workshop we give every school one set of modules to use in the classroom. The TRAC modules consist of the following: bridge builder, construction, environmental, maglev, motion, and safety.

RIDES (Roadways Into Developing Elementary Students) is intended for grades K-8. Each attendee will receive a manual that consists of over 100 activities and each school will leave with one “trunk” of materials to use in their classroom.

Interested teachers should register now for sessions being offered in June. Please contact STEM@la.gov with questions.

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