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Balancing a Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate money management.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students participate in a cost-of-living budget simulation in which they calculate monthly and yearly projected costs.  Students investigate housing...
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New York State University

Law of Conservation of Energy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Become energy efficient with a presentation that covers the Law of Conservation of Energy with friction. It also includes energy transformations, power, and units of measurement.
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Energy Storage Derby and Proposal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Small groups use the engineering design process to build and test a vehicle capable of carrying 250 grams a distance of five meters. The design must allow for the storage of potential energy and turn it into motion,...
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Puff Mobiles

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
You've probably heard of solar-powered cars, but what about wind-powered cars? Scholars build cars that can travel at least six feet. They can only use their breath to move the car—so, obviously, a sail might be a good feature for the...
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NASA

Space Transportation: Reshooting the Moon

For Teachers 8th
What does it take to get stuff to the Moon? Design teams create subsystems for a space transportation system to go to the Moon. The teams study Earth transportation components along with historical space transportation systems to...
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Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

A Search for Symbolism in The Great Gatsby

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
After reading The Great Gatsby, groups return to the text and note passages where Fitzgerald uses symbols and color imagery in his narrative. They then develop a presentation that explains the context, the implications, and possible...
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How to Prevent Backover Deaths of Kids?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners explore automobile safety. For this automobile safety lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "How to Prevent Backover Deaths of Kids?", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an...
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In The Year 2121

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the advances of an invention's industrial design over decades or centuries. They project improvements and innovations for the future in drawings and descriptive prose. Automobiles are used as an example.
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Infectious Diseases

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify and explain how infectious diseases effect organ systems. Using an analogy with automobiles and body systems, they discover how one part influences the operation of the whole. Students write paragraphs about...
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Car Adverts: Tell It Like It is

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students 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 ads as...
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Vocabulary: Fixing Your Car-1

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students fill in the blanks on ten sentences that have to do with automobile repair. They are given three choices to choose from.
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Rock n' Rollin in the '50s

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the culture of the United States in the 1950's.  In this history lesson, students research culture in the 1950's, with a focus on fashion, music, television, automobiles, etc., then work in groups to create a...
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Advertising

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students critically examine the purpose and methods of effective advertising. In this advertising lesson, students examine advertisements online and in magazine; they must determine target markets and purpose and reliability of...
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Advanced Matching - Car Parts

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this car parts instructional activity, learners draw a line from the various car parts to the definitions. There are 14 words to define on this instructional activity.
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Changing Geography

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils visually examine, identify and analyze the components of various images of the automobile. They discern how to use a road map by planning a route, then use road maps to explain how the state has developed over time.
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Rubber Gardens

For Teachers K - 8th
Students recycle discarded automobile tires and create gardening sites for limited space areas.
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Transportation's affect on the Growth of Cities in the United States

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify the major advancements that have been made in transportation throughout U.S. history (waterways, horses, steam power, railroads, automobiles, etc.) They access websites imbedded in this plan and answer questions...
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Buying a New Car

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students locate and compare the costs and options available of three comparable compact, midsize, or luxury automobiles. They utilize websites and a worksheet imbedded in this plan.
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ESOL Transportation and Travel

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify required documents related to transportation (driver's license, insurance card, registration, passport). They discuss and categorize the following documents needed for local and or international travel; driver's...
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Fulfilling the Visions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the economic implications of public programs to improve transportation. They become familiar with the visions that were articulated for both the Erie Canal and Interstate Highway System.
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Air Bag Safety

For Students 5th - 8th
In this air bag safety worksheet, students will read a newspaper article about how air bags might be dangerous to small children. Students will write an essay discussing their ideas about air bag safety.
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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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How Far Away

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate how a historic map drawn in the early days of interstate automobile travel represented distances. They measure distance within their personal space.
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Double Standard

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students will research and analyze two works of art regarding streets/ highways located at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art . They will identify art trends with regards to the automobile and highways. Then discuss and reflect...

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