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Wings, Chrome, and Tailfins: Automobiles of the 1950s

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars study the automobile industry. In this cultural history lesson, students explore 1950s America as they view a teacher-created PowerPoint presentation regarding the 1950s. Young scholars research how the automobile changed...
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The Air Car

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students, in groups, design and construct an air car capable of acceleration. They view a video on acceleration, test their cars and make adjustments as desired.
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Describing the Motion of a Battery Powered Cars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore distance a toy car travels by changing the amount of batteries used to power the toy car.  In this force and motion activity, students calculate the average speed of a car while investigating the power from...
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Balloon Powered Race Cars

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students examine Newton's Law of Motion and use the formula to calculate speed.  In this laws of motion lesson plan students create a balloon powered car and calculate its speed and distance. 
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New Cars? Selecting and Financing

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders determine probabilities of real-life events such as life expectancies, winning a lottery ticket, and the break-even premium. They deduce what percent of markup is. Students are able to compare terms for financing a car...
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Buying My First Car Worksheet 3

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students create a spreadsheet for the different costs of the purchase of a car and use the information to answer 3 questions.
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The Dymaxion Car

For Students 5th - 8th
In this motion worksheet, students read about the invention of the Dymaxion car that was designed to achieve high speeds. Students complete 2 short answer questions based on the reading.
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Houses and Cars and Loans

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars create a spreadsheet to track their spending. In this algebra instructional activity, students use loan formulas to calculate the payback amount plus interest on a loan. They calculate how much money they would need...
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Buying and Financing the Car of Your Dreams

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders go to one of a number of web sites (provided by the teacher in a hotlist) to find a car they would like to buy if they were old enough. They would then be provided with the necessary information to compute monthly payments...
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"Go-Car" Lab

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students construct a car based on directions given. In this physics lesson, students calculate average speed using distance and time information. They collect data and create a graph of distance vs. time.
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Reading Comprehension: The Death Car

For Students 7th - 9th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners must read "The Death Car" and answer reading comprehension questions about the selection. Students have 12 minutes to complete the exercise.
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C For Car

For Students K - 2nd
In this alphabet letter C worksheet, students trace both the uppercase and lowercase letter C 3 times each and then write them 3 times each on the lines provided. Students write the word car and then color the picture of a car.
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Newton Car

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students demonstrate Newton's Second Law of Motion by showing the reaction of a rolling car by increasing its mass and propulsion.
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Family Letter and Activity: Cars, Trucks and Percents

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math learning exercise, students will take home a letter to their parents explaining that they are studying Chapter 10: Ratio, Proportion and Percent. Then students will complete a homework activity in which they ask family and...
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Bill Gates's Car

For Students 5th - 7th
In this passive verbs worksheet, students complete a 10 question on-line interactive quiz. Students read the sentences about Bill Gates's car and fill the blanks with the correct passive form of the verb in parentheses.
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Car Wash

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the most appropriate site for a car wash, based on each site's soil characteristics (chemical, physical) and topographic features. They perform an experiment to determine the changes to three different soil types when...
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Car Adverts: Tell It Like It is

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the strategies and bias that are sometimes used in advertising with a particular focus on automobile advertising. Working in groups, they read several car ads and discuss the bias, opinion and stereotyping in the...
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Automotive Words

For Students 6th - 8th
In this technology worksheet, students find the words that are related to the concept of cars and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Handwriting: C is for Car

For Students Pre-K - K
In this handwriting instructional activity, students trace and write the upper and lower case letter C. They trace a row of each letter, write a row on their own and practice writing the word 'car'.
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Measure the Length of the Object – Basic

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this measurement worksheet, students measure cars, trucks, feathers, and more with the units given. Students complete 9 problems.
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Sweet Car Dreams

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students rebuild two different makes of cars. They calculate the cost of rebuilding the car. They create a spreadsheet to track their progress and costs.
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Car Seat Safety

For Students 6th - 8th
In this car seat worksheet, students read about how child car seats help to keep children safe and the new law regulating how safety seats are attached. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Words In The News: Luxury Cars in China

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read and write about current events. They observe pictures of cars and order them from least expensive to most expensive. After discussing luxury cars, students read articles about luxury cars in China. From their reading,...
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The Car Chase Scene

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research the Internet for information about purchasing a car. They complete a worksheet using the Federal Citizen Information Center's website in order to become proficient in research techniques needed to be informed consumers.

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