| Resource Type | Title/Author | Comments | Check Out Again? | Rating |
| Book/Library | Cars and How They Go; Cole, Joanna | Wonderful book explains quite complex systems very nicely | X | 5 |
| Book/Library | How It Happens at the Truck Plant; Anderson, Jenna | Good overview, nice photographs and explanations | X | 4 |
| Video/Library | How Are Cars Made? (Did You Ever Wonder Series) | Look inside an auto plant; good explanations | X | 3 |
| Video/Library | Cars! Cars! Cars! | Covers information from the first cars to assembly plants and briefly how engines work. Very nice from a homeschooling perspective since the mother presents the information to "school-aged" kids | X | 4 |
| Toy | Building toys: K'nex, Brio Builder, Tinker Toys, Lego, etc. | Build different kids of cars and trucks. Find which designs roll best down a gradual slope, a steep slope and on a level surface. | 5 | |
| Toy/Experiment | Building toys: K'nex, Brio Builder, Tinker Toys, Lego, etc. | Create an assembly line where one person assembles one part of a toy car and then passes it to the next person who adds another part. Experiment to learn what works best to equally share the work. Talk about working together. | 5 | |
| Toy/Art | Same building toys as above | Draw a set of pictures on the steps to assemble the toy car made above. | 4 | |
| Video | Building toys described above, video camera | Make a video of the car assembly process above. Allow the child(ren) to narrate the steps. | 5 | |
| Field Trip | Go to a place where cars can be safely observed. | Look for things learned from the books and videos. | 4 |