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Alex: How Fast Can You Go? Lesson PlanAlex: How Fast Can You Go? Lesson Plan
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Alabama Learning Exchange
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1st - 2nd
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Math
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970L
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Alex: How Fast Can You Go?

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Learners will experience force and speed by constructing model cars in cooperative groups. The students will explore ways to move their cars at different speeds. Each group will do a PhotoStory describing their cars.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.

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Concepts

cars, force, speed

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alex, alabama learning exchange: how fast can you go?, gems project, photostory

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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