Part of Lesson Plan: **Gears (updated) by Beau Sunahara

Activity Overview / Details

After students are seated, I ask if they have ever ridden a multi-geared bicycle before. What do they do when they ride up hill? What do they do when they ride down hill? (If students have never ridden a multi-geared bike, I ask how it feels when they ride uphill.)

Students usually answer, "Change gears!"  Teacher will try to ascertain previous knowledge of students by clarifying which direction would they shift gears (high or low).

Teacher will ask students to predict whether or not they could start pedaling their bike in the highest gear.

After a short discussion, we talk about the day's objectives so students know what we are doing for the day.