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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Baracks and Obamas Born in Kenya

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read "Baracks and Obamas Born in Kenya," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Curated OER

Exercise on Present Progressive-Form Questions

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this simple present tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form questions in present progressive tense. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Read Works

Read Works: Racing Cars Can Go!

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Mario who makes a ramp while playing with his race cars. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Peg + Cat: Games: Race Car

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this game, pick a car, fill up the tank with fuel using two units at a time, race your car, and see who wins.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: American Racing: A Diversity of Innovation

For Students 9th - 10th
American auto racing has a century long history of grass roots invention. From an American-European rivalry to uniquely American forms of racing, the history of racing includes business interests, enthusiastic fans, and alternative...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Nascar: About the Race Cars

For Students 1st - 9th
All about NASCAR race cars including horsepower, weight, Busch, Nextel Cup, and Crafstman Truck Series cars.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Danica Patrick Biography: Race Car Driver

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Danica Patrick's biography and her racing career. Fun facts about the race car driver.
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Middle School Science

Middle School Science: Balloon Powered Race Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
An idea developed by a physical science teacher who applied Newton's Laws of Motion in creating a balloon powered race car. Find simple objective, materials, rules, and procedures.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Jimmie Johnson: Nascar Race Car Driver

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn about Jimmie Johnson and his NASCAR race car driving career. Five-time Sprint Cup Series champion.
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Other

Car and Driver

For Students 9th - 10th
Car and Driver Magazine details the latest news, features, shows, issues and tests of cars today.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Circular and Satellite Motion: Race Track Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Apply forces to a race car in order to drive a lap around an oval track. The track becomes narrower with each of the three levels. Horizontal and vertical velocities are displayed, allowing students to make wise choices regarding the...
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Arcademics

Arcademics: Drag Race

For Students 2nd - 4th
Get your race car to the finish line by answering the multiplication problems.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mint Mobiles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design, build and test model race cars made from simple materials (lifesaver-shaped candies, plastic drinking straws, Popsicle sticks, index cards, tape) as a way to explore independent, dependent and control variables. They...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Biography: Nascar Race Car Driver

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s biography and his racing career. Fun facts about the NASCAR driver.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Solar Racing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is an extensive project in designing and building a solar-powered car model. Students must make detailed calculations and design decisions about wheel size, gear ratio, how to get the most energy from the sun, air drag, friction,...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: 4 Wheel Balloon Car

For Students 3rd - 8th
Create your own 4-wheel balloon cars with simple household items and race them across the floor.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: 2 Wheel Balloon Car

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make your own 2-wheel, air-power cars and race them or play games with them. Balloons and straws are them main components.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Balloon Car

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will design, build, and race balloon-powered cars in this fun lesson that teaches about engineering design and kinetic and potential energy.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Science of Racing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Turning the corners is the limiting process for racing cars. Going straight is simply about speed, but making the turns faster than other cars is a real challenge. In this activity, we ask how does weight balance affect the turn radius...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Science of Racing: Newton Knew

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For race car engineers, F = m a, is the backbone of the vast majority of calculations. The selection of gear ratios is one example. Investigate and create a mathematical model for the relationship between force, speed, mass, distance and...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Science of Racing: Time Laps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, you will create a picture of time and speed as they relate to changes in the weight of a radio controlled race car. This picture will be a graph - a mathematical model- that allows to you predict the speed of your radio...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Division Drag Race

For Students 3rd - 5th
On your mark. Get set. Go! Test your knowledge of division facts with this exciting multi-player race car game. Your car's speed is determined by how fast you find the quotients.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Science of Racing: Hitting the Mark

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Since running a race car is VERY expensive, race engineers know a great deal about how speed, time and distance relate. In this activity, you will investigate the relationship between distance traveled, speed and elapsed time. You will...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Science of Racing: How Much Energy From Aa Batteries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Work output from any process comes at a price. That price is the energy input required to drive the process. A fact of reality (also called the Second Law of Thermodynamics) is that the input energy is always greater than the output...

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