Common Core Standard
2nd and 3rd grade
On-SiteCaterpillar Visitors Center Field Trip Booklet

NAME: _________________________________________ DATE: _________________________________

Use the photo clues to find the items in each gallery. Once you find them, answer the questions listed below.
Chaperones are encouraged to help students through the galleries.

Heritage
What machine is pictured?
(Circle one)
797F Mining Truck
Model Twenty
Mini Excavator

What was the price of this machine in 1928? ________________

What do you notice about this tractor that is different than all
the other pieces of Cat® equipment? (Hint: Caterpillar made this
BRIGHT change in 1931)________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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What machine is pictured?
Model Twenty(Circle one)

Wheel Loader

D8 Tractor

How much did this tractor weigh? (Circle one)
33 lbs.

330 lbs.

33,000 lbs.

Climb into the driver seat and see what it would be like to drive
one of these tractors. How is this different from a regular car?
Discuss with your classmates what is different and which you
would rather drive.

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Product Development
Take turns looking through the 3D glasses. Where else haveyou seen this 3D technology used? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Cat engineers constantly make improvements to equipment.
Have you ever made improvements to something to make itbetter? What did you improve? Discuss your creations withyour group.

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Product Development
Design your very own piece of Cat equipment! Follow thedirections on the screen to create your very own truck ortractor.
What piece of equipment did you build?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
What do you like about the piece of equipment you built?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Press the green button. What happens? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Have you ever lost power at home or school? What are someof the things you do when this happens?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Product Floor
Try your hand at the operation of one of the Cat machines!
Circle the machine you drove (you are welcome to try both)
Excavator

Bulldozer

Sit in the cab of as many of the pieces of equipment as you
can. Which machine was your favorite? Why?
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My Day at the Caterpillar Visitors Center
Write a short summary about your trip to the Caterpillar Visitors Center. Be sure to include your favorite partand any questions you have about what you saw.
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