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Unit Plan
Radford University

Buying A Car

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What is my monthly payment? Scholars research to find the perfect car for them to buy. Using the cost of the car, they determine a down payment and the amount of monthly payments using a zero interest loan. Finally, they investigate what...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cars

For Students 5th - 7th
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, learners read the passage on cars. They then answer the 10 questions that go along with the reading.
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How Much Does That Car Cost?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students calculate how much it costs to buy a used car and finance it through a bank. They select a car from the newspaper, conduct Internet research on current auto loan interest information for four different states, and create a...
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Lesson Plan
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How Do Car Engines Work?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers perform an experiment which simulates what happens inside an internal combustion engine. They explain how the chemical reaction they witnessed is similar to what happens inside the car engine.
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Teach Engineering

Racing With the Sun - Creating a Solar Car

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Here's an exciting and innovative lesson that's sure to get your charges fired up! In it, they use engineering design principles to construct and test a fully solar powered car. One caveat: the kits that each group needs to make their...
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Find The Best Car

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Consider how to use consumer reports to review performance, price, reliability and safety information about specific cars. Young learners review how life styles and economics affect car choices. They then find solutions for car-buying...
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What is the Value of the Car?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice determining the value of cars. Using the internet, they complete a worksheet in which they list the make of each car and use the data to determine the value. They share their results with the class and identify the most...
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Exploring Hybrid Cars

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore GreenHybird.com and develop a list of questions car buyers might have. Students also attempt to answer the questions on GreenHybrid.com and then explore the answers with car dealers in the area before writing a clear and...
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Teaching And Learning Car Insurance - Budgeting Auto Insurance Lesson Plan And Worksheet Buying a Car - Benefits Costs Rates

For Teachers 7th
Liability, premiums, bodily injury liability, what does all this mean? With a series of related handouts this introductory lesson plan exposes pre-drivers and drivers alike to the terminology needed when considering car insurance.
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Car For Sale!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Car For sale! In this GED prep lesson, writers develop a classified advertisement to sell a car. After a discussion of precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language, sellers draft their ad for review, revision and...
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Printables
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Police Car Craft

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Beep beep! Use a police car cut-out craft in your class as part of your vehicle unit, or as a fun rainy day activity. Point out the lights and sirens as a way to differentiate the police car from other cars your class members have seen.
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Curated OER

Solar Car Races: Build and retrofit for speed

For Teachers 6th - 9th
If you have solar car kits for your junior high schoolers, they can experiment with photovoltaic cell angle, light intensity, and aerodynamic design to discover what makes their car move more quickly. This is a classic activity to use...
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Worksheet
Simply Worksheets

Math in the Car - Easy

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this car math instructional activity, students play games of math in the car involving license plates, speed signs, and more. Students complete 4 problems.
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Worksheet
Simply Worksheets

Math in the Car - Hard

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this car math games instructional activity, students play car math games about license plates, speed, and numbers. Students play 3 games.
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Worksheet
Simply Worksheets

Car Quiz - Predictions

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this prediction worksheet, learners play prediction games in the car about lights, numbers on license plates, and more. Learners play 5 games.
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Worksheet
Simply Worksheets

Math in the Car

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this mind mapping worksheet, students list the colors of cars seen while driving, then list all items they can think of that are that color. Students then write the number of ways possible to make numbers seen on speed limit signs.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Driverless Car

For Students 9th - 12th
Who's driving that car? Science is! Through a simulation, learners adjust the magnitude and angle of motion on a driverless car. Two different motions create a resultant motion. Vectors represent the motion and graphs depict the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transportation Fuels: What Car Will You Drive?

For Teachers 7th
How many different types of biofuels are out there? Seventh graders watch a series of videos and participate in a series of activities in order to better understand all the transportation options available. They consider what type of car...
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Balloon-Powered Car

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Attractive and logical instructions are provided for constructing a balloon-powered car. Young physical scientists measure the distance their car travels and record it on a pre-printed data sheet. The make alterations to improve the...
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Lesson Planet Article
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Mousetrap Cars

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Use mousetrap cars to make hands on connections with concepts such as energy, friction, momentum, and simple machines.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Gary Paulsen's The Car: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 6th - 9th
With questions primarily about characters' names, this interactive online quiz tests knowledge of details about Gary Paulsen's book The Car. Pre-screen for accuracy as anyone can create quizzes on Fun Trivia. You might want to encourage...
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Monster Cars: Slope

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine how a rate is calculated from two points. Using battery operated cars, pairs of students measure time and distance. Afterward, they use this data to calculate the rate. Students then plot four ordered pairs and discover...
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NASA

Newton Car

For Teachers 7th - 11th
If a car gets heavier, it goes farther? By running an activity several times, teams experience Newton's Second Law of Motion. The teams vary the amount of weight they catapult off a wooden block car and record the distance the car...
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Positively Autism

Waiting While Riding in the Car

For Teachers K - 12th
Traffic and stop lights can be a bother for even the most patient person, but when you have autism, that extra time spent in a hot car can be a real nuisance. Here is a great story that addresses the need to be patient while waiting or...

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