Designing Toy Cars - Video from The Futures Channel
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| Audience/Grade: | 4-6 |
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Design Industrial Design Manufacturing Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
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Teaching - Lecture/Presentation |
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WWW |
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Organization:The Futures Channel |
| Description: | Digital video from the Futures Channel. Synopsis: "As a professional toy car designer for Mattel's Hot Wheels, Larry Wood uses basic math concepts such as fractions, measurement and scale to create accurate replicas of the coolest cars on the road." Running time 2:42 minutes. |
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The Futures Channel |
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How I use Designing Toy Cars - Video from the Futures Channel This video comes with lesson plans for grades 4-6 with details: The 1963 Buick Riviera Subject: Mathematics Topics: Ratios Grades: 4 - 6 Knowledge and Skills: - Understands the concept ?scale.? - Can use proportional reasoning to solve problems. |
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| Publication Date: | October 2007 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.thefutureschannel.com/dockets/hands-on_math/designing_ |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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