Engineering Is The Solution

Engineering Design Challenge, Technology

Special Considerations: Latex balloons are used in experiment. Advise of Latex allergies prior to visit.

Program Description: Race cars, racetracks and everything in between are the result of engineering. Every aspect of a race car goes through the engineering process, and race teams and engineers are continuously using the engineering process to improve their race cars. Students will use the engineering process to design, build and test a race car that complies with a set of rules with one goal in mind: winning the race. Students will take their cars and additional parts and pieces back to school to continue the engineering process to improve their race cars.

Curriculum Standards:

National: 3-5-ETS1-1; 305-ETS1-2; 3-5ETS1-3; 3.OA.A.1-4; 4.OA.A.1-2; 4.MD.A.1-3; 5.NBT.A.104; 5.NBT.B.5-7

North Carolina: NC.3.OA.8; NC.3.NBT.2; NC.3.MD.1; NC.4.OA.3; NC.4.MD.1; NC.5.MD.2; ETS1.B; ETS.A

South Carolina: 3-PS2-4.ETS1.B; ETS.A; 3.MDA.13.MDA.1; 3.ATO.2; 3.NSBT.1-5; 4.MDA.2; 5.MDA.1