Mission 6 of 16

Getting Around

📋 What it is

Getting around means choosing among walking, cycling, transit and rides by cost, time, safety and the environment.

🗣️ Coach says

Every trip is a small decision: what’s cheapest, fastest, safest, greenest? A bus might be slower but far cheaper; a bike is free and healthy. Knowing your options — and reading a transit schedule — makes you independent.

🧠 Memory hook

Weigh cost, time, safety, green. Read the schedule.

😂 Giggle

My budget and my shopping cart had a meeting.
My budget lost.

😲 Whoa!

For short trips in a city, a bike is often FASTER than a car once you count parking and traffic.

✅ Quick check: Name two things to weigh when choosing how to get somewhere.

Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.

🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)

Plan a trip to somewhere nearby two different ways and compare their cost and time.

⭐ Do the round to earn your star →

🤸 Brain break: Route pick: “walk,” “pedal,” and “ride” in place, then point to your best choice.