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Cars Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a tag game using characters from the Disney movie "Cars." They role-play different characters from the movie, with students wearing different colored vests or wrist bands and jogging in the Impound Area after...
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Purchasing A Used Car

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the practice of purchasing a used car with the help of links and resources found in the lesson plan. They conduct research to find the right kind of car using a variety of resources. Students examine data in...
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Electric Car: American Industry and Innovation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils study how an electric car operates.  In this electric car lesson students assemble an electric car motor from parts from an internal combustion engine.
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Science 911: Car Crash Testing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore, experiment and analyze the concept of using dummies in a car crash test. They collaborate in a series of tests designed to simulate what really happens in a two-car collision. Each student incorporates...
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Black Boxes for Cars Slow to Catch On

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore the tracking of teens. In this tracking technology instructional activity, students read the USA Today article titled "Black Boxes for Cars Slow to Catch On", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and...
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Buying My First Car

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this math literacy worksheet, high schoolers compare the cost of three car purchases and compare all aspects of the purchase including insurance and registration.
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Cars

For Students 2nd - 5th
For this cars worksheet, students review and discuss eighteen key terms associated with cars and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Buying a Car

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students complete the PLATO ¿¿ Educational Software lesson plan: Math Problem Solving: Car Costs to determine if he/she can afford to drive the car they are planning to buy.
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Driving Music

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students experience both playing a musical instrument and driving a car. The two experiences tied together by one engineer. The score appears as a road, with twists and turns representing the composer's suggested shifts in mood. This...
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Drive it Green

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore and brainstorm innovations for cars with a STEM lesson that asks scholars to weigh different options when considering when buying a car. They research the fuel efficiency and carbon emissions for various options, and then design...
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Boxes & Blocks: Puffer Bellies and Box Cars

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students turn cardboard boxes into outdoor dramatic play. In this early childhood visual arts lesson, students explore cooperative and dramatic play outdoors by challenging children to create a train from cardboard boxes.
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Make a Train

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Youngsters should have fun learning about and making a train. The children will learn that some trains carry people and some carry goods, identify different railroad cars, and understand that trains need tracks that are in good condition...
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Hybrid Vehicles: Cut Pollution and Save Money

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Math and science meet in this lesson plan on hybrid electric automobiles. This 24-page resource provides everything you need for teaching a lesson plan that compares the use of internal combustion engines to hybrid electric engines....
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Rocket Car

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students construct a balloon-powered rocket car from a Styrofoam tray, pins, tape, and a flexible straw, and test it along a measured track on the floor. They experiment with ways of increasing the distance the rocket car travels.
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Force And Motion With Cars

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover that different things move at different speeds. They compare the distance a car travels on a ramp with and without a push. They push the car with one finger the first time, let it move without a push the next time (no...
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Car Activities

For Students 6th - 7th
In this math worksheet, students find cars in Auto Trader. They find the difference between the prices of the cheapest and most expensive cars. Students select a car they like and follow directions to buy on credit. Students complete a...
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Uniform-Motion Problems: Just Playing with Cars

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of the formula for distance. For this formula for distance lesson, students time battery operated cars with constant velocity over 15 meters. Students use the distance = rate x time formula to determine the...
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Buying Your First New Car!

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Learners explore exponential growth and decay using M&M’s in this Algebra II/Pre-calculus lesson plan. They investigate the cost of a new car by calculating depreciation and payments.
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Reading Comprehension 2 – The Car Thief- Test Your Reading Skills

For Teachers 7th - 8th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage about a girl who witnesses a car theft, and the outcome of her actions. They fill in 20 blanks with short answers about the passage.
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The Martian and the Car

For Students 5th - 8th
In this living things instructional activity, learners determine 5 things about a car that makes it seem like its a living thing and 5 things that prove it is not a living thing. This instructional activity has 10 short answer questions.
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Hydrogen Powered Cars

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students apply the principles of chemistry to investigate the concept of how a hydrogen powered car works. They study the electrochemical reactions that provide the energy source. Students also record observations in the functioning of a...
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Car Engines

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students create piston systems and explore the conversion of linear to rotary motion that propels a car. In this motion lesson, students build and test a model piston/crankshift system and discover why there is a maximum limit to how...
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Which Car Should I Buy?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use gas mileage of different cars to create T charts, algebraic equations, and graphs to show which gets better mileage. In this gas mileage lesson plan, students use the graph to see which car they should buy.
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Snail Car

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students design and create robotic cars using Legos and the Robolab program. They hold a "snail race" where the slowest car that can be determined to be actually moving is the winner.

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