This packet contains technology-based learning activities for the transportation technology course at the orientation level (grades 9 and 10) of the Illinois Plan for Industrial Technology Education curriculum project. The packet includes a course rationale, mission, description, and course outline. Suggested learning objectives and suggested learning experiences for the following transportation areas are provided: introduction to transportation technology, land transportation systems, materials handling systems, water transportation systems, air transportation systems, and space transportation systems. The packet also contains over 20 student learning activities; representative topics are: automated guided vehicles, rotary-winged aircraft, programming robots, wind tunnel testing, rocket stability testing, calculating drag coefficiency, and testing air-foil designs. Numerous scale drawings and other figures are used to illustrate activities. (YLB)