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Recycled Racers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars research automobile operating systems in relation to racing. They design and construct vehicles from recycled material which they race to study the concept of propulsion.
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Problem Solving Strategies

For Students 7th - 8th
In this problem solving strategies worksheet, students solve and complete 10 different word problems that include working backwards. First, they determine various numbers by following the instructions and then working backwards to check....
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Aerodynamic Design

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research aerodynamic design. In this aerodynamic design lesson, students investigate wind resistance on a car. Students explore the reasons necessary for aerodynamic design.
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On your mark, get set, GO!!!!!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students experience the strategies of decoding words and crosschecking to master reading more fluently. They read, crosscheck and decode the books, "Lee and the Team," from Phonics Readers and "Ready to Race," by Shealy Melton.
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The Spin Doctor Is In

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are given the difintion of translational motion, which is the object in motion stays in motion. If you are in a car and the car stops, you keep moving. They then discuss rotational motion, which is a spinning object...
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Academic Raceway

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this PowerPoint, students participate in a race car game in which their car moves towards the finish line when a correct synonym or antonym is chosen for the word provided.
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Academic Raceway 500

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this community government PowerPoint, students participate in a game with a race track format in which they answer questions about local government, the election process, and the decision making process used in a democracy.
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Newton in Motion Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate Newton's Third Law of Motion as it exits in real world applications. They watch as the teacher makes a simple balloon powered car before explaining how the motion of the car demonstrates Newton's Third Law of Motion....
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Academic Raceway 500: Weather

For Teachers 4th - 5th
This weather PowerPoint features a game in which students advance to the finish line with a race car as they answer questions related to weather. Topics include types of clouds, weather instruments, the water cycle, and various weather...
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A Tall Ship and a Star to Steer Her By

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create a water transportation device powered by wind. In this wind power lesson, students research transportation concepts after reading the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield. Young scholars design the fastest sailboat...
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Formula 1 Datafiles

For Students 6th - 9th
In this computer worksheet, students load ViewPoint and open the file for formula 1. Then they investigate and take notes on the winning drivers, teams and their cars. Students also plot the graph of countries to see who hosted the one...
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Time Trials

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate speed, time and distance. For this algebra lesson, students utilize their knowledge of linear equations to solve problems related to time, speed and distance. This assignment is hands on using two toy race cars.
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Describe Comoon Objects and Actions in both General and Specific Language

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are told that they are going to describe the noun and verb in a simple sentence to make the sentence more detailed. They are told that a noun is a person, place or thing. Students are taught that a verb is an action word. They...
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Sailing Through Bernoulli

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in a class discussion about Bernoulli's principle while looking at cross-sections of an airplane wing, and discussing the sail on a sailboat and the spoiler on a race car.
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Speedy Reader

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars practice the fluency of their reading by incorporating a variety of techniques and strategies. They read with stop watches and analyze "In the Big Top" and "Charlie," by Richard Vaughan. Students race and record their...
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Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this adjectives worksheet, students copy the sentences and add in adjectives to make the sentence more interesting. Students then write 5 adjectives to describe the following items: racing car, teddy bear, sword, teapot, cottage,...
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Field Day Water Activities

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a variety of Field Day Water Activities including: Waterslide: Cheap Man's Dunking Booth: Sponge Relay: Sponge Race: Water Bucket Relay: Water relay: Tug of War: Squirt bottle race Water Balloon Smash:
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Newton's 2nd Law

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss Newton's Second Law of Motion, and the acceleration of fast and slow moving objects. They experiment with items with different masses to determine the effect mass has on acceleration using a toy car. They complete...
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Balanced Forces

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are able to explain why football running backs benefit from having a lower center of gravity when opponents are trying to tackle them. They explain why racing cars are designed to have a low center of gravity. Students...
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Pre-Writing Activity

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this pre-writing worksheet, students trace straight lines from a picture of a race car to a finish line flag. Worksheet has a reference web site for additional activities.
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Speeding into Fluency

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice reading different materials to increase their fluency. Individually, they are given a race car and they move their car forward depending how well they have read different excerpts. To end the lesson, they take time...
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Universal Gravity and Kelper's Laws Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
High school physicists apply their knowledge of planetary motion. Using Kepler's three laws, Newton's law of universal gravitation, and the provided properties of the moon, sun, and Earth, they proceed to solve 23 problems. An answer key...
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Investigation: Kinetic and Potential Energy

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
A well-developed lab sheet guides physical science learners through an investigation of kinetic and potential energy. In small groups, collaborators discover whether or not the ramp height or mass of an object has an effect on the...
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Length Word Problems

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Who has the longest cell phone? Find this and other wacky measurement scenarios in this set of length word problems. There are 10 problems here, and scholars show their work for each in a provided space. They determine lengths given how...

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