aircraft carrier, airplane, airship, ambulance, amphibian, argosy, ark, auto-bus, automobile
balloon, barge, battleship, beach buggy, bicycle, bike, biplane, blimp, boat, bomber, boxcar, brigantine, buckboard, buggy, bulldozer
cab, cable car, caboose, caisson, camion, camper, canoe, car, caravan, cargo ship, carriage, carrier, cart, catamaran, chopper, clipper, coach, container ship, craft, crop duster, cruiser, cycle
delivery truck, dhow, dinghy, dirigible, dirt bike, dive-bomber, dogsled, dory, dragster, dray, dune buggy
eighteen-wheeler, elevated, express train
feet, ferry, fighter plane, fire engine, fishing boat, flatbed, float, forklift, freight car, freighter, frigate, funicular
galleon, garbage truck, glider, go-kart, golf cart, gondola, grader, gurney
hack, hand truck, handcar, hay wagon, hearse, helicopter, high-altitude reconnaissance plane, hog, hook and ladder, hot rod, hot-air balloon, houseboat, Hovercraft, hydroplane iceboat
jalopy, jet, jitney, jumbo jet, junk
kayak, ketch
landau, launch, lift, limousine, liner, litter, locomotive, lorry, luge
milk train, mobile home, monorail, montgolfier, moped, motorbike, motorboat, motorcycle, mountain bike, moving van
narrowboat
ocean liner, off-road vehicle, omnibus
paddle wheeler, paddy wagon, passenger train, patrol car, pickup, pirogue, pontoon, powerboat, pram, punt
quad bike
racing car, raft, reconnaissance plane, rickshaw, rig, roadster, rowboat, RV
sailboat, schooner, scooter, scow, scull, seaplane, sedan, ship, shopping cart, shuttle, skateboard, skiff, sled, sleigh, sloop, snowmobile, speedboat, sports car, spy plane, squad car, stagecoach, station wagon, steam roller, steamer, streetcar, stretcher, stroller, submarine, subway, sulky, surrey
tandem bike, tanker, taxi, ten-speed, tender, toboggan, tow truck, town car, tractor, trail bike, trailer, train, tram, transport, travois, trawler, tricycle, troika, trolley, truck, tugboat
ultra-light, underground, unicycle
van, vaporetto, vehicle, vessel
wagon, water wagon, whaler, wheelbarrow, wheelchair, wiki, wrecker
xebec
yacht, yawl
zeppelin
Transportation Lesson plan ideas and Discussion questions:
1. On a construction site, what types of machinery or vehicles would you expect to see? What function do they serve? How many can you find?
2. Some types of transportation are typical of a particular location/country. Make a list to match the name of the country where the vehicle/car/cycle originates or is used most often and match it to the item(s).Asia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Native American, Russia;
canoe, dhow, funicular, gondola, hack, jitney, junk, lorry, pirogue, pram, punt, rickshaw, tram, travois, troika, trolley, underground, vaporetto, wiki
3. Choose categories for types of transportation: aircraft, automobiles, boats/ships, railroad/trains, trucks or other types to include carriages, wagons/sleds or litters.
Make a column and list at least 25 nouns that you have selected.
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