Spare Parts (2015): Complete Movie Guide

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The movie follows four Latino teenagers living in a low-income area of Phoenix, Arizona, who attend Carl Hayden Community High School. The school is known for its low test scores and lack of resources, but the students are determined to overcome these obstacles and pursue their passion for science and engineering. With the help of their new substitute teacher, Fredi Cameron (George Lopez), the students form a robotics club and decide to compete in a prestigious underwater robotics competition against teams from MIT and other top universities. They face numerous challenges along the way, including lack of funding, limited resources, and skeptical school officials. Despite these challenges, the students work tirelessly to build a robot that can perform complex tasks underwater. Along the way, they also learn important lessons about teamwork, determination, and the power of believing in oneself. After months of hard work, the team travels to Santa Barbara, California, to compete in the competition. They face off against some of the best and brightest minds in the country, but ultimately emerge victorious, shocking everyone with their innovative design and technical prowess. The movie ends with the students being recognized for their achievements, and with Fredi Cameron accepting a full-time teaching position at the school. The students are left with a newfound sense of pride and accomplishment, and the knowledge that they can achieve anything they set their minds to.

This is a powerful movie that will help your students learn about perseverance and about science. This movie is the "Stand and Deliver" of 2015. This 24-question viewing guide will help your students get the most out of this movie. This produce comes with a completed teacher key. Ready to print and ready to use.

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Spare Parts Trailer

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Recall and sequence key plot events from Spare Parts (2015) in chronological order while watching
Identify factual details about the film's characters, setting, and competition outcome
Analyze how the film portrays perseverance through the experience of a specific character

Teaching tips

Assign the questions during the film viewing itself, since the instructions note the answers follow chronological order
Use the teacher key to check answers quickly after viewing, since it repeats each question with its answer filled in
Save the reflection question for after the film ends, since it asks students to look back across the whole story rather than track a single scene

Skills covered

Chronological comprehension — students track and answer 24 factual questions in the order events occur in the film.
Character-based analysis — students identify how a specific character's actions in the film demonstrate perseverance.
Detail recall from extended media — students note names, places, dollar amounts, and outcomes such as competition scores and placements while watching.

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Does the reflection question focus on one specific character?

No — students may choose any character in the film to answer the closing question about how the movie portrays perseverance.

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film viewing guide
chronological sequencing
perseverance
STEM competition

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