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Better Lesson: Toy Vehicle Design Lesson PlanBetter Lesson: Toy Vehicle Design Lesson Plan
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1st - 2nd
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Science
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1070L
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Better Lesson: Toy Vehicle Design

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In this lesson, students prepare their design plans for building their own toy vehicle from local manufacturers' discards. They start to conceptualize what may help the vehicle roll straight and far as they discuss ideas with classmates and make sketches. Many videos of the lesson in progress and examples of student work included.

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design

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betterlesson, betterlesson: toy vehicle design, blueprint, engineering process, k-2-ets1-2, prototype, sketch, engineering design process

Classroom Considerations

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

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