We often take for granted our modern machines, especially modern means of transportation. One of societies most used vehicles, the bicycle, has been helping people move around for more than 200 years. But what if the bicycle was invented in prehistoric times? Get ready to ride around the Stone Age on two wheels.

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Decent work and economic growth

Determine relationships among mathematical achievements of ancient peoples, including the Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Mesopotamians, Chinese, Aztecs, and Incas.

MA.9-12.N.1.a

Understand the impacts of and relationships between the technological ages (i.e., Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Pre-Industrial Revolution, Industrial Revolution, and Information Age) relative to advances in inventions, processes, and the use of available resources.

TEC.9-12.M1.01.08

Some characteristics result from an individual s interactions with the environment and cannot be inherited by the next generation (e.g., having scars; riding a bicycle).

SCI.K-4.4.L2.1b

Simple machines include a lever, a pulley, a wheel and axle, and an inclined plane. A complex machine uses a combination of interacting simple machines, e.g., a bicycle.

SCI.5-8.4.P5.2g

Begins using appropriate vocabulary when describing the nature and operation of a technological system (e.g., pedal power moves a bicycle, gas moves a car, batteries operate a toy).