Teaching STEM Though Crash Safety with IIHS in the Classroom

June 3, 2019

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Griff Jones

As we prepare for the summer months ahead, we welcome Griff Jones back to the show to close out season 12. Working with Griff, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has developed engaging, interactive resources that can be found within their new IIHS in the Classroom website. Designed for grades 5-12, IIHS in the Classroom uses the results of highway safety research to help students explore the science behind what happens in a car crash — both to the car and to those inside it — and discover why some vehicles are safer than others. Griff joins us to tell us about the features of the new website and discusses the perils of distracted driving and the need for crash avoidance technology.

Links:

IIHS In the Classroom
Inside IHHS
100 Deadliest Days for Teen Drivers (AAA)
IIHS Distracted Driving Dangers hands-on activity
IIHS Teen Driving Issues section (includes a video on Best Vehicles for Teens)
Episode 44: Griff Jones and the IIHS
References from the show: Radicalized (Cory Doctorow), Robopocalypse (Daniel Wilson), Radiolab: Bit Flip

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Featured image used with permission from classroom.iihs.org

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