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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

On the Track With NASCAR

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students complete a variety of activities to research stock car racing. They use the Internet to research NASCAR acronyms, schedules, results, car design and other aspects.
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Worksheet
Starfall

Car Race

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy activity, students cut out the parts of the story and play a game of putting it in the logical order and color the pages.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What? No Cars?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students consider a world in which cars are banned. They work together to develop a sketch of transportation alternatives. They share their ideas with the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Methods of Power- Hybrids

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students list the reasons why people chose hybrid cars over traditional cars. In this technology lesson, students create a poster describing how hybrid cars work. They discuss ways to save fuel and improve a car's efficiency.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

So You Want To Be A Mythbuster?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize the parts used to construct a car.  In this mythbuster lesson, students will use the scientific method to complete an experiment with student constructed cars to bust a myth. Students will reflect on what they have...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tostado Family Car Rental

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students write equations for word problems. In this algebra lesson, students represent the cost of a car rental plan using equations. They use systems of equations to find the best deal when renting a car.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Race Car Activity

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners investigate linear functions.  In this linear functions lesson, students are given a situation where two race cars start at the same point.  Learners have four graphs that they match to the race car scenario.  Students describe...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Automobile

For Students 6th - 8th
In this technology instructional activity, students find the terms in the word search related to the parts of an automobile. The words can also be connected to form the complete concept of a car.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wind-Up Car

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students produce an equation from a graph, based on an engineering-context story provided. In this production of equations activity, students write an equation given the graph and description. Students also describe what the y-intercept...
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PPT
Curated OER

Transportation from Around the World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Take a look at how people around the world get from here to there. Each slide provides an image and description of various types of transportation found around the globe. In Venice they use a boat, in San Francisco they use a Trolley...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Buying Cars/Financing Cars Compound Interest

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Provide a real world context in which exponential functions are used to determine a eal world phenomena such as compound interest and exponential growth. This lesson should be taught after students have mastered the laws of exponents and...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Ferris Wheels—Tracking the Height of a Passenger Car

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Watch your pupils go round and round as they explore periodic behavior. Learners graph the height of a Ferris wheel over time. They repeat the process with Ferris wheels of different diameters.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Counting Train Cars By 10s Worksheet

For Students K - 1st
Counting on by 10 is a great way to prep learners for multiplication. Here are four practice problems that require youngsters to count by 10s up to 100. 
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Conditional Probability: Game Show with Monty

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The car is behind door one — no wait, it is behind door three. An interactive allows learners to visualize the Monty Hall problem. Pupils work through the probabilities of choosing the car with their first pick. Next, they determine...
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Racing Game with One Die

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Pupils roll a die to figure out which car advances on a race track. They determine the rules for each car moving forward and, given the statistics of the winner, compare if it matches their predictions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation - Staci's New Car

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars study a shopping problem. They discuss strategies for determining the number of possible choices. They create a tree diagram and an organized list. Students analyze patterns and derive an equation for the multiplication...
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Activity
It's About Time

The Rear End Collision

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Did you know one in every four car crashes are rear end collisions? The lesson explains what happens to your neck when you are involved in a rear end collision. Scholars experiment and apply Newton's Second Law of Motion. 
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Angular Speed Simulation

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Can you time the speed of your car perfectly so you only hit green lights? The challenge in the simulation is to alter the timing of the lights or the speed of the car in order to do just that. Scholars learn about angular speed as they...
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Lab Resource
US Department of Energy

Go Far Cars Ramp: A Basic Ramp with Four Height Settings

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Precise measurements make the job easier! One of the challenges when using an inclined plane for testing comes from pupils not using exact measurements. They often rely on books that slide or different ramp lengths when experimenting. By...
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Lesson Plan
California Department of Education

My Future Lifestyle

For Teachers 7th Standards
Mortgage, insurance, car payments...how much money will your learners need to support their desired lifestyle? Part three in a six-part college and career readiness lesson plan series tasks young job seekers with creating a monthly...
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Purdue University

Bottle Racers

For Teachers 6th
Bottle up pupils' energy to complete a great resource. Scholars design toy cars out of plastic water bottles. They consider different sources of energy to power the cars, such as rubber bands, balloons, and chemical reactions.
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Worksheet
Lynette

Prefix, Suffix, and Root Word Worksheets

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Words are kind of like a train, with affixes as the added cars. Practice prefixes, suffixes, and root words with these worksheets. Learners add words on to the beginning and end of words, practice with some roots, and use the words in...
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Lesson Plan
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Lab 2: Nanocatalysts Clean Your Car Emissions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Surface area certainly surfaces as a variable for chemical reaction rates. Scholars perform an experiment to discover how the size of catalysts affect the rate of a chemical reaction. They record their results in tables and graphs to...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Comparison of Unit Rates: Drive Away

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Five questions make up an interactive that challenges mathematicians to compare unit rates. Word problems question scholars about two friends going on a road trip. Scholars manipulate two cars on a coordinate plane to help solve word...

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