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Peer reviewedLeyden, Michael B. – Science Activities, 1980
Describes how teachers can use wheels of tricycles, bicycles, and trains to stimulate children with mathematics, relative position, and engineering concepts. Techniques are offered for measuring circumference of a bicycle wheel, gear ratios, and pedal wheel circumferences. Comparative data are given for various sized wheels. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Bicycling, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Engineering


