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Communicate with a Truck Driver
Eighth graders explore the truck driving profession and ways they use to communicate. In this truck driving lesson, 8th graders visit websites and use Twitter and podcasts to track a trucker's progress travelling through the United...
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John's Trucking- Who Drove the Farthest
In this graph worksheet, students analyze a triple bar graph showing miles driven by three truck drivers. Students use the graph to fill out a chart with total miles driven by each driver.
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John's Trucking- Counting the Miles
In this graphs worksheet, students analyze a pie graph showing miles driven by three truck drivers in a week. Students fill out a chart in which they calculate total miles driven.
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The BUDGET Truck Problem
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, students solve a problem which involves how far behind a rental truck must the driver of a car be so that he can see a stoplight from behind the truck. The problem can be solved with similar...
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Transportation Math
Learners use mathematical operations to examine truck drivers and the math they use everyday. In this transportation math lesson, students read word problems that relate to transportation and the math needed to solve the word problems....
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Get Ready to Safely Transport
Fourth graders complete multi-curricular activities to learn about trucks and transportation. In this transportation lesson, 4th graders answer questions about specifics for the trucking industry including safety questions and...
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John's Trucking - Who Drove the Farthest
In this bar graph worksheet, students fill in a chart of who drove the furthest each day of the week based on a bar graph. Students complete the chart and answer 2 questions.
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Pilots, Drivers, and Captains
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus, then change the words for a boat.
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Transportation Math
Young scholars recognize math problems within stories. In this consumer math lesson, students discover clues to solve math problems within written story problems. Young scholars complete the story problems on a worksheet.
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Speed Problems
Challenge your fourth graders with these tricky word problems about speed. They use the formula for time, distance, and speed to solve six scenarios. There are three examples, each showing an instance when a different variable must be...
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Delivery Timeline
Learners study the transportation and delivery service and complete a timeline activity. For this delivery and transportation lesson, students identify activities that need to be completed to make deliveries. Learners arrange activities...
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Transportation Math
Students practice their problem solving skills. In this addition and subtraction lesson, students solve story problems regarding the delivery of consumer goods.
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Transportation Math
Sixth graders solve transportation themed word problems. For this word problem lesson, 6th graders solve transportation themed word problems using critical thinking skills.
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Transportation Math
Young scholars explore the concept of exponents. In this exponents lesson, students evaluate various bases to powers. The bases to a given power are in the context of miles driven, stops on a route, and minutes spent in...
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Subtract Across Zeros
In this subtraction practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to subtract across zeros.
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Mathematical Reasoning
Ninth graders solve mathematical mysteries associated with a real life situation. In this ninth grade mathematics lesson, 9th graders choose a scenario from Real Life Math Mysteries by Mary Ford Washington and solve one or more of...
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Conversions and Rates
For this conversions and rates worksheet, middle schoolers solve 10 different word problems that include using metric conversions and rates to solve each problem. First, they determine the number of milliliters needed for the correct...
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Organizing and Understanding data - Guided Lesson Explanations
A teacher resource, this scripted lesson details how to explain to learners the steps involved in determining the total number of objects in a category, how many of each type, and how many more or less are in one category than in...
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Food Safety and Quality Assurance
Students identify and interpret how milk is processed and learn important concepts in food safety and quality assurance. They identify how milk is processed, the importance of food safety, and the quality assurance process. Students also...
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Nctm: Figure This: Windshield Wipers
Test your mathematical aptitude with challenge exploring the concepts of measurement and geometry. Find the area of the windshield wipers to figure out who sees better in the rain, car drivers or truck drivers. An activity from the NCTM...