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Trucks at Work
Students gather information about cargo trucks, the diverse loads they carry, and their importance to a country's economy. After determining which cargo and truck they would like to investigate in depth, they design and create their own...
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Creating Groups and Sorting
Students practice classifying. In this classifying and oral language lesson, students listen to the story My Big Truck Book by Roger Priddy and identify similarities between the trucks described. Students sort the children in their class...
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Road Manners
Learners examine manners and citizenship. In this citizenship and safety instructional activity, students build an understanding of the relationship between good manners and safety. Learners talk about what good divers do to be safe on...
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Measure the Length of the Object – Basic
In this measurement worksheet, students measure cars, trucks, feathers, and more with the units given. Students complete 9 problems.
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Customized Handwriting: Truck
In this customized handwriting: truck worksheet, 1st graders change the style, font and text, then print the worksheet to practice printing and color the picture of the truck.
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Businesses and Communities on the Move
For this American transportation history worksheet, students read about various forms of transportation and respond to 16 multiple choice and short answer questions regarding trains, streetcars, automobiles, and trucks.
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Trucks on the Roadway
Students explore trucks. In this truck and road safety lesson, students identify different types of trucks and define traffic and truck vocabulary. Students manipulate toy trucks on a road floor mat.
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Get Ready to Safely Transport
Fourth graders complete multi-curricular activities to learn about trucks and transportation. In this transportation lesson, 4th graders answer questions about specifics for the trucking industry including safety questions and...
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Cars and Trucks
For this technology worksheet, learners find the terms related to the makes and models of cars or trucks. The answers are found when clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Beep Beep!
Students use sidewalk chalk to draw roads,streets, houses and buildings. Students use matchbox cars and trucks to drive on streets and roads they drew.
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Dirt Box
Students make a dirt box. In this art lesson, students play in the dirt using their imaginations.
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Connect the Dots
Students practice counting to ten. In this coloring worksheet, students learn about the different types of trucks that transport goods by counting to ten and connecting the dots to complete the picture.
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Types of Transportation
Students study different types of transportation including specialized trucks. In this transportation lesson, students look at a landscape picture map (not included) and identify all of the modes of transportation they see. They see...
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Traffic Patterns
In this patterns worksheet, students solve 5 different problems that include matching different patterns to each other. First, they color each figure on the sheet. Then, students cut out the extra copies of the vehicles from the bottom...
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Utility Or Sanitation Truck Drawing
In this coloring page worksheet, students examine a large black line drawing of a utility or sanitation truck. Students color the picture which is not titled.
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Speedy Trucks Poem
In this truck poem worksheet, children see large black line drawings of trucks with a line of a poem in each. These can be cut and colored, then arranged in order to form the poem.
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Cars and Trucks
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words related to the subject of cars and trucks. The answers are at the bottom of the page.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Heavy and Tractor Trailer Truck Drivers
This resource provides occupational information about heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers.
Other
Automotive Industries
This site is to an on-line magazine that is loaded with current and up-to-date information on the auto industry. Good general information about the auto industry.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: I Like Work Trucks
A book about work trucks. The book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Make a Truck, Online Game
Geared towards lower elementary, this site from Enchanted Learning allows students to click on the cab, middle or rear of the truck to make & discover new types of trucks.
Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Matching Parts
At this interactive site match fronts and backs of cars and trucks. You can put together many interesting combinations, but there is only one correct match.
Other
Popular Mechanics: Technology
Popular Mechanics covers the latest in technology. Topics include computers, the Internet, audio, television, and more.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Where's Everyone Going?
A great resource from the National Museum of American History that shows various modes and uses of transportation in the 19th and 20th centuries.