ADOT Kids

EDITOR'S NOTE: During this unprecedented time, ADOT is creating transportation activities for kids. Please visit azdot.gov/ADOTKids or use the hashtag #ADOTKids on ADOT's Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts to see what we have going on.

By Steve Elliott / ADOT Communications

We’re excited that so many kids sent us bridge designs and asked questions about bridges.

Have you seen the fun safety messages ADOT puts on its highway boards? Well, here's your chance to tell us what you would put up there if you could! Send us your safety message suggestions and questions in our latest activity.

If you loved our Zoom backgrounds for kids, we now have video backgrounds to make your next Zoom meeting more exciting! 

Let's see how you do making a toothpick bridge that looks a lot like the real thing!

For those who want to know even more about how bridges work, we have a graphic listing bridge parts and a bunch of important terms. And don't miss our first word search!

Learn about how ADOT builds bridges, then take a shot at completing a highway by designing your own bridge. 

Is your child a future engineer? If she enjoys building bridges out of toothpicks, loves heavy equipment such as snowplows or gets a kick out of watching a controlled blast take out rock hanging above a roadway, you may be raising someone who will design, build, maintain or operate tomorrow’s transportation system. 

Kids should know they too can participate in Adopt a Highway and help Keep it Grand.

Have you ever wondered where all the rain from a storm goes? It's an important question! That's why ADOT and the counties, towns and cities in central Arizona have produced an activity book to help middle school students explore the many facets of stormwater runoff.

Thanks to everyone who took part in our first ADOT Kids activity about snowplows! Here's a slideshow with your art and a video with an ADOT engineer answering your questions.

Take our trash quiz and learn more about how the Adopt a Highway program helps with litter in our state. 

We're offering some transportation-themed free Zoom virtual backgrounds for kids captivated by construction. 

EDITOR'S NOTE: During this unprecedented time, ADOT is creating transportation activities for kids. Please visit azdot.gov/ADOTKids or use the hashtag #ADOTKids on ADOT's Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts to see what we have going on.

By Ryan Harding / ADOT Communications