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Auto-Mania

For Students 6th - 8th
In this history of automobiles worksheet, students answer 20 questions about the automobile industry, the changes that have taken place over the course of the auto industry's history and the current statistics about automobiles.
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Graphing of Time and Distance

For Students 8th - 10th
In this graphing time and distance worksheet, students graph data of a two race cars as they drive over time. Students plot the time vs. the distance for both cars and answer questions about the data. They determine the speed of the cars...
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Solar Racing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design and build solar-powered cars. For this renewable energy lesson, students view websites showing a Department of Energy contest and solar-powered car design guidelines. They work in teams to design and build prototypes of a...
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MFL: Dangerous Driving

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discuss why speed limits are important for safety of others. They examine public advertisements aimed at reducing the amount of deaths on the road. They read an article about traffic accidents and answer questions. They write an...
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Global Climate Change: The Effects of Global Warming

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the concepts of global warming and climate change as they relate to the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They examine the changes in glacial ice in relation to global warming. They decide how human activities,...
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Water Creative Writing

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars red and discuss an example of a biographical essay. They read The Last of the Falling Tide by Car Hiassen, answer factual questions concerning the work, and create their own story about a natural place they are familiar...
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Making Life Easier

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students use a chart of the six simple machines and become aware of how the machines improve our ability to meet the following needs: shelter, food, water, and transportation. Students use model cars to experiment with force. They divide...
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Rhyming Picture Cards

For Students Pre-K - K
In this sounds worksheet, students match six pictures by grouping the rhyming ones together. Rhymes include moon/balloon/spoon and car/jar/star.
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Emergency Incident-- Filling Out Forms

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students learn to read for details before filling out forms with important information. Students first read a one page description of a car accident involving a bicyclist. Students then fill out...
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-ar Word Family Cloze Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
For this cloze activity worksheet, students read 12 sentences substituting the word "car" for each blank. They use -ar words from the word bank at the bottom of the page to fill in each blank with a word that makes sense. They read each...
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Acceleration and Velocity

For Students 10th - 12th
In this acceleration learning exercise, students construct a motion map and a qualitative and quantitative graphical representation to determine the motion of a car after it applies its brakes. This learning exercise has 8 problems to...
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Race the Track! Shoot the Loop

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students experiment with a steel ball and matchbox car to find the effects of force and motion. In this force and motion lesson, students assemble a track, conduct experiments and record on a shoot the loop worksheet. Students change the...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Divide 2-Digit Numbers

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Calling all cars! It's time to solve some division problems! A chart of special police units and the number of officers in each provides the data for six word problems. Young recruits use their division skills to solve them. Note that...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Add and Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominators

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Follow the Jones family on their summer vacation by adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denonminators. Pupils compute how much luggage space is filled, how much chicken is eaten, and what distances are covered both by car and on...
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Comparing Distance/Time Graphs to Speed/Time Graphs

For Students 8th - 10th
In this graphing the motion of objects worksheet, students compare graphs of distance vs. time and speed vs. time of objects moving at constant speed, accelerating, slowing down, and stopped. Students identify the movement of a car given...
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Break it Down: Reverse Engineering

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars disassemble a toy. For this science lesson, students compare and contrast the inner mechanisms of a toy car. Young scholars predict and illustrate what the inner mechanism look like. Then, they disassemble the toy, and...
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Lions and Tigers and Bears - Oh My!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Research animals and develop a non-fiction presentation. Students will complete research on a particular animal and determine the animal's characteristics as well as habitat before choosing a differentiated project to present using the...
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Better Traffic Flow

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate the maximum number of cars passing a point in a given amount of time.  In this better traffic flow lesson, students work with an existing  Excel spreadsheet to solve the traffic flow problem.  Students read the...
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Race the Track! Design Challenge

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students focus on a force and motion problem, explore it, reflect on it and apply it while completing experiments.  In this motion lesson, students experiment with force and motion by creating a track for testing cars.  
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Talking About the Past

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore communications by discussing deceased individuals. In this past tense lesson, students analyze which verbs to use when speaking of a person who is no longer living. Students read a story about the race car driver Michael...
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Interactive
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Automobile Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 7th
In this interactive vocabulary worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions based on their knowledge of car parts and their definitions.
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Physics of Flight

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students view a PowerPoint slideshow on the basic physics of flight. They build and operate Newton cars as an illustration of these concepts.
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PPT
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Newspaper Report

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Discuss the way to write a newspaper article using this presentation. With a series of slides detailing an accident involving a car at a gasoline station, learners are prompted to answer who, what, when, where, and why questions. Use...
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So How Much Are You Really Paying for that Loan?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Loans are rarely provided without a cost. Pupils evaluate the high cost of using a payday loan or payday advance through discussion and worksheets, and finally work in groups to develop short public service announcements that outline the...

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