National Transportation Week

Early Childhood

Draw a train pulling 10 cars.  Number the train cars 1-10.  Then color the train cars in a pattern, alternating between two different colors.

Upper Elementary

Stuck in a traffic jam while on her way to school, Megan decided to pass the time by counting the wheels on the vehicles around her.  Megan knows that each vehicle’s wheels are arranged in axles, which hold two wheels each. She knows a car has two axles, or four wheels.  A school bus also has two axles.  Megan counted 15 cars and three school buses in the traffic jam.  She then counted a six axle freight truck.  How many total wheels did Megan count in the traffic jam?

Middle School

A boat left Hyannis Port for Nantucket, a distance of 29.1 miles, at 8:02 am, travelling approximately 15 miles per hour.  Rounding the distance from Hyannis to Nantucket to the nearest mile, estimate the time that the boat will arrive in Nantucket.

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Featured Websites:

Early childhood: Math Using Toys

Upper elementary:Design a Submarine

Middle school:Moving the U-505 Submarine