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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Tall Ship and a Star to Steer Her By

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a water transportation device powered by wind. In this wind power lesson, students research transportation concepts after reading the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield. Students design the fastest sailboat they can...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

C Coloring Sheet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this letter C coloring worksheet, students color the uppercase and lowercase Cs as well as the picture of cats in a car. Students read a sentence featuring the letter.
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Lesson Plan
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Commutative Property Of Addition

For Teachers 1st
In this nice math lesson plan, 1st graders use toy cars, and jelly beans to show the commutative property of addition where a+b=b+a. In this problem solving lesson plan, student groups record equations and arrange their manipulatives. A...
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Lesson Plan
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Before Cars Ran the Roadway

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use primary source documents to discover how transportation has changed over time. Using the text, they identify one difference and one similarity between transportation of the past and today. They identify pictures of...
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Assessment
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Simple and Compound Interest

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Your learners will get lots of practice calculating simple and compound interest by the end of this lesson. Simple explanations and examples lead learners through the concepts and steps of calculating simple and compound interest...
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PPT
University of California

Work, Energy, Power, Momentum

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Planning a physics unit on energy can take a lot of work, luckily this instructional presentation is here to help. Covering everything from work and energy to elastic collisions and the conservation of momentum, this comprehensive...
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Printables
Super Teacher Worksheets

Number Line

For Teachers K - 4th
It's a printable number line to 100! Cut it out and use the easy tabs to glue into one long number line. 
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Activity
Society of Petroleum Engineers

Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy

For Teachers 2nd - 10th Standards
Energize an environmental science unit on natural resources with this collection of instructional materials. From simple coloring sheets for primary grade children, to guiding questions for a high school research...
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Lesson Plan
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Newton in Motion Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate Newton's Third Law of Motion as it exits in real world applications. They watch as the teacher makes a simple balloon powered car before explaining how the motion of the car demonstrates Newton's Third Law of Motion....
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Lesson Plan
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Forces and Motion -- The Downhill Racer

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the movement of a car on an inclined plane and on a flat surface. Using the amount of drops the car releases, they determine if it was traveling at a constant speed or not. They graph the velocity and acceleration rates...
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Lesson Plan
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Forces and Movement

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the forces of pushing and pulling by participating in a whole group activity involving a toy car. Students then participate in a small group experiment involving a toy car, small weights and various materials....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Positional Words Assessment

For Students 2nd
In this positional words instructional activity, 2nd graders complete an assessment pertaining to positions words. Students read or are dictated specific directions to draw on the page in relation to the pictured objects. Example: Draw a...
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Lesson Plan
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Intro to Insurance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the importance of having insurance to protect their car and homes. In groups, they research the different types of insurance available and define new related vocabulary. To end the lesson plan, they determine the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where in the World is Carbon Dixoide?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students conduct experiments designed to detect the presence of CO2 by using a BTB that changes color (blue to yellow) in the presence of CO2. First, students experiment with the CO2 from combining vinegar and baking soda. In part two,...
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Lesson Plan
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Lesson Plan C26: Distance and Travel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze information in two-way tables to find distances and travel times, answer questions involving total journey times, practice calculating average speeds, and examine fuel consumption of cars, mileage allowance, and fuel...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pushes and Pulls

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students examine different types of movement and causes that may affect those movements. In this online interactive forces and motion lesson, students use toy cars to observe push and pull and then make predictions and collect data...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drawing Two

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this number 2 worksheet, students practice tracing the number 2 four times, writing the number 2 two times and drawing 2 wheels on the picture of a car.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Upper Case Alphabet Train

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this alphabet train worksheet, learners cut out and color the 26 cards; each has an upper case alphabet letter from A to Z. Students may tape or staple these train cars in the correct order. These have upper case letters only.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Whistle While you Work - Winter Coloring Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this winter coloring and discussion learning exercise, students color a picture of a man clearing the snow from his car. They discuss what the man is doing and why. They talk about what chores they have to do and whether snow means...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Machines at home: friction

For Students 4th - 6th
For this friction worksheet, students answer a question about what icy roads and cars slipping have to do with friction. Students complete 1 question.
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Lesson Plan
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Time Trials

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars investigate speed, time and distance. In this algebra lesson, students utilize their knowledge of linear equations to solve problems related to time, speed and distance. This assignment is hands on using two toy race cars.
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Worksheet
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Prius Problem #1

For Students 9th - 12th
For this problem solving worksheet, high schoolers find the average mile per gallon for each of two cars. Students need knowledge of systems of equations in order to complete this problem.
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Lesson Plan
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Battery Type and Size

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify the different types of batteries available in the market. For this science lesson, students discuss how to select the right batteries for a car.
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Lesson Plan
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Mechanical Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the difference between kinetic and potential energy in an experiment using toy cars and tracks. In small groups, they set up the experiment to determine the distance milk cartons will travel when hit by toy car. They...