Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Reading TakeFive Is Educational & Can Make You Smarter
TakeFive – totally educational and can make you smarter … okay, I had nothing to do with it … (as usual) …
Paul B. is a teacher in Ireland (in the cool city of Sligo) …
“The children in my class have been doing a project on altered reality and what better example than Cars, a world where vehicles seem to behave like humans! The kids range in age from 9 to 12 years old and there project remit was to look at the movie and try to identify images, products etc that relate directly to the human reality. We tried to avoid Tow Cap! They then came up with their own products that could be used in the Cars world. These products and services could then be used to sponsor a Piston Cup racer.”
What a cool teacher!
“Kevin Roche provided the templates for the racers and the kids designed and created the cars that you see in the attached pictures. The project could not have been completed without Kevin and other Take Five members who helped me get in touch with him. I just thought you might like to know that your excellent site has educational benefits as well as being informative and entertaining.”
Check out the great KING spoiler – THAT’s a spoiler!
“Some of the Piston cup racers up close and personal.
Oil Aid: A charity oil company donating their profits to underprivileged cars.
Heart Fuel: A low carb fuel that can be used as part of an octane controlled diet.
Fuel.com: Online fuel supply company for busy cars with no time for food shopping.
Fairy Fly: A small pink car that is on kid cars tv and is very popular with the young uns.
Fast Fix: A repair service set up by ex McQueen pit crews, the main mover behind the company is My names not Chuck.
Ramones House of Body Art: Ramone gets his own race team, Piston Cup officials had to change the rules to allow the team to race in a different livery (colour scheme) for each race.
Bumper Shine: For that dazzling smile last seen on Frank Pinkerton!”
Is school supposed to be this much fun? 🙂
“Our school is called St. Patrick’s and we are in Maugherow, Co. Sligo, Republic of Ireland and everyone in 4th, 5th and 6th class would like to say a big thank you to you and the wider Take Five community.
Regards and best wishes, Paul.”
Great stuff – thanks for sharing Paul B. & the class at St. Patrick’s – here’s the rest of the photo gallery – looks like everyone put in some serious effort and artistry … great stuff!
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10 October 2009
24 Comments
those cars are awesome man. i wish i was talented enough to make one as good as etra grip. i will use this opportunity to start a campaign .i name it the ‘we love st patricks school’ campaign. please join me in expressing your love for the school now.
HOORAY FOR ST PATRICKS SCHOOL
I love the fairy fly Car… she’s so pretty!!!
Youre welcome Paul
What a fun and educational project! I hope my boys have teachers as creative as you!
What a beautiful and great job on those cars!!! 😉
Paul – When these kids grow up they will always remember you as being one of the special teachers in their life. I still remember with fondness the special teachers I had (and that was quite a while ago LOL) 🙂
You are too kind Micky
Collect ’em all – eh?!!!
I would love that Tacko Mint!!!
They should have made a Tackleberry Mint.
Just fantastic! Very creative!
You better watch out Martin…looks like you got some competition. 😉
that is the school where the next Martin will come from.
Thanks guys, I like the custom idea and the MSOS display case! Awesome
I love it!
Now all they need is a huge display case to replicate the MSOS set!
Awesome. I would love to buy a set of those kid’s paper cars and yes I’m serious.
I love this teachers unique teaching style.
That is such a cute thing to do. And what a great way to relate to the kids for the project!! i love it!
that is very cool. Great job Paul!
Thanks to Met and Kevin this project provided loads of fun for the kids in my class. I love the custom idea but funds are low in our education system at the moment!
glad to see it worked out well for you and your class..nice job
wow what a great idea!!! you know what would be REALLY cool.. get one of our fantastic customizers at t5 to make a car for one of the kids!!! with their design on it! 🙂
AWESOME!! I NEED THEM!!!!!!!!
I think these are are available on Pit Stop Toy Shop’s website…only $25 each!
LOL!!!!
those are so cool . . . how much for a custom set?!??! 🙂 Kids are great . . . gotta love their imagination . .