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Lou-Vee-Air Car Lesson PlanLou-Vee-Air Car Lesson Plan
Publisher
National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Career & Technical Education
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Duration
2 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Lou-Vee-Air Car

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Who said teaching a STEM lesson had to be challenging? Incorporate a career and technology-centered car build into your upcoming force lesson plan, and your class will be moving down the road in no time! Pupils practice force-mass-acceleration problems, then work together to build an air car and test its abilities to move with different amounts of mass added to it.

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Concepts

mass, acceleration, force, newton's second law of motion, newton's third law of motion, action and reaction, career skills, mechanical engineering, engineering design, graphing

Additional Tags

college and career readiness

Instructional Ideas

  • Open the lesson with the two included videos to give the class an idea of what they will be doing
  • Use the printable quiz to assess learning

Classroom Considerations

  • Review the instructional video in advance to help you plan the build
  • Consider making the lesson a multi-day activity to allow enough time for pupils to prepare and test their designs

Pros

  • The resources within the lesson are very helpful
  • Activity uses simple, easy-to-source materials for the lab component

Cons

  • None

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