Thematic Unit ----Transportation

Students identify and name at least six different kinds of transportion, sort and classify different kinds of transport according to similar and/or different characteristics and identify the purpose of different types of transportion.

Students explore different kinds of transportation all around them--bicycles, buses, etc. They become familiar with the costs and rules for different kinds of transportation.

Students discuss the different means of transportation in the world. They then create a transportation picture using the software provided by the included internet site. Kid Pix could also be used.

Second graders reinforce what transportation is and install new ideas of how different people move themselves and their possessions. People all over the world travel, using many different methods.

Second graders explain how bananas are harvested and transported to markets in the United States. They identify the kinds of work people do to supply bananas, and develop a better sense of how food gets to our table.

First graders examine several pictures of types of transportation that can be classified as moving on land, in the air, and through the water. They put each picture on the correct 'landscape' of three rug size pieces of butcher paper.

Explore the U.S.S. Nevada. Researchers use primary sources, secondary sources, children's books and websites to study the naval ship. Their study commences with a class alphabet book on the ship. Intended to be part of a lesson on...