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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trucks at Work

For Teachers 1st - 6th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating Groups and Sorting

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Road Manners

For Teachers K - 1st
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Measure the Length of the Object – Basic

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this measurement worksheet, students measure cars, trucks, feathers, and more with the units given. Students complete 9 problems.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Customized Handwriting: Truck

For Students 1st
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Businesses and Communities on the Move

For Students 7th - 10th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trucks on the Roadway

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Get Ready to Safely Transport

For Teachers 4th
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cars and Trucks

For Students 6th - 8th
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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Activity
Curated OER

Beep Beep!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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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Activity
Curated OER

Dirt Box

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students make a dirt box. In this art lesson, students play in the dirt using their imaginations.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Connect the Dots

For Teachers K - 1st
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Types of Transportation

For Teachers K - 3rd
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Traffic Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Utility Or Sanitation Truck Drawing

For Students K - 1st
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Speedy Trucks Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cars and Trucks

For Students 5th - 6th
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.
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Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Heavy and Tractor Trailer Truck Drivers

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides occupational information about heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers.
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Website
Other

Automotive Industries

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Technology: I Like Work Trucks

For Students K - 1st
A book about work trucks. The book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
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Activity
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Make a Truck, Online Game

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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Interactive
Chateau Meddybemps

Chateau Meddybemps: Matching Parts

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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Website
Other

Popular Mechanics: Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Popular Mechanics covers the latest in technology. Topics include computers, the Internet, audio, television, and more.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Where's Everyone Going?

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource from the National Museum of American History that shows various modes and uses of transportation in the 19th and 20th centuries.