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OBJECTIVES• Students will be able to orally label and describe at least
four different vehicles used for transportation.• Students will be able to understand and explain orally
what transportation is and what we use it for in our world.• Students will be able to compare and contrast the
vehicles.• Students will be able to organize the different vehicles
into groups based on certain characteristics.• Using their knowledge of vehicles, students will invent a
new vehicle.• Students will paint a picture of their new vehicle and
describe it’s usefulness orally to the class.
MATERIALS• Paint• Books on transportation• Videos on transportation• TV & VCR• Sorting cards• Paper/easel• Toy vehicles• Writing utensils• Permission slips (if
required)
WEB SITES• http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/dire
ctory.nsf
• http://www.kids.gov/k_transport.htm
• http://www.choicemall.com/carscarscars/
• http://www1.msfc.nasa.gov/
• http://www.afterschool.gov/
ACTIVITIES• Activity #1: Trip to the Parking Lot
The students and teacher will go outside to the teacher parking lot if possible and observe the different vehicles. Looking at shape, color, and size. As a class, back inside, we will give general labels to all the vehicles we saw as well as any vehicles we know but did not see.
ACTIVITIES• Activity #2: Sorting game
The students will use their knowledge of the vehicles we labeled and play a sorting game. They will sort the cards by the characteristics using the pictures on the cards.
ACTIVITIES• Activity #3: Beginning Sounds
After going over everything we have talked about so far, we will continue to expand on the concept of transportation. Students will watch a video on transportation, then complete a worksheet. The worksheet asks the students to write the beginning sounds of the vehicles in the picture.
ACTIVITIES• Activity #4: Test It Out Project
The students will use this activity to discover why most vehicles have and need wheels. They will have two toy cars: one with the wheels taped so they can not roll and one with normal wheels. They will roll the cars down an incline while observing each cars speed and ability to roll and move efficiently.
ACTIVITIES• Activity #5: Paint
The students will invent a new vehicle, paint a picture of it, and then present it to the class. They will explain what it is and how we could use it in our world.
ACTIVITIES• Activity #6: Making a Graph
After we review all of our new knowledge of transportation and vehicles, we will read a story. Then the class will make a graph showing their favorite vehicles of all. We will then count which had the most vote and which had the least.
Cars• Cars are one of the most popular
forms of transportation.
• Cars come in all different shapes, sizes, and colors.
Trucks• There are many types of trucks used in our
world. Can you name a few?
– Dump trucks– Garbage trucks
– Tow trucks– Cement trucks
– Fire trucks