How We Travel

Submitted by: Tonya Thier
Endorsed by: Don Descy
Mankato State University
School or Affiliation: May 12, 1997

Description:

As a class we will explore the different modes and types of transportation that can be used to transport people and things from place to place.

Grade Level:

Kindergarten through second

Goals:

Students will become familiar with the three modes of transportation and the types of transportation that can be categorized into each of them.

Objectives:

The students will make a mobile using a type of transportation from each of the three modes.

The students will create their own form of transportation and explain what mode it fits into to the class.

Background Information:

This activity can be used with students at the kindergarten through second grade level. The lesson teaches the students about the three modes of transportation and the various types of transportation that fit into each of them.

Concepts:

Students will be able to:

1. Identify the three modes of transportation.

2. Understand there are many different kinds of vehicles, boats, and aircraft used for transporting people and things.

3. Relate the correct mode of transportation with the correct kind of transportation.

Materials:

Construction Paper Paper Crayons/Markers Glue String Junk (Magazines, buttons, cloth, ANYTHING)

Procedures:

1. Ask the students what they think the three modes of transportation are.

2. Discuss the three modes of transportation and the types of transportation that will fit into each of the modes.

3. Go exploring. Go on a walk or bus ride as a class and observe and discuss the different types of transportation everyone sees.

4. Come back into the classroom and review the three modes of transportation and the types of transportation the students observed that would fit into each of them.

5. After discussing what everyone observed, have each student create their own mobile having each mode of transportation represented. They can use magazines, paper, string, and markers to make their creation. -OR- Have the students create their own unique form of transportation and have them explain to the class which mode it would fit into.

Assessment:

1. Ask the students what types of transportation fit into the three modes.

2. Ask the students what the three modes of transportation are.

3. Ask the students which mode of transportation they think is the fastest.

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