Engineering a Race Car

Engineering, Hands-On STEM

Special Considerations: : Includes a take-home engineering extension where students may bring their race cars and remaining materials back to the classroom to continue testing.

Program Description: Engineering is a key component of applied learning for students, from the fundamentals of developing new ideas and problem solving to experimentation and testing. In NASCAR, racetracks, cars and equipment are engineered and re-designed to help race teams do their best to win a race. Students will learn about and utilize the engineering process to design, build and test a race car with one challenge in mind: winning the race.

Curriculum Standards:

National: K-2: ETS1-1; ETS1.A; K. ETS1.A; K-2: ETS1-21-PS4-4; 2: LS2-2

North Carolina: PS.K.1; PS.K.2

South Carolina: ETS1.A; ETS2.A