Resources
This section lists materials that use motorsports in some way to teach math, science and engineering. If you have a resource you'd like to have listed, please send to admin(at)stockcarscience.com.
Ten80 Education
Ten80 Education has a range of products available from RC cars that are almost as adjustable as the Car of Tomorrow to worksheets and other materials for the classroom. Materials for all grades (K-12 and even beyond) are available.
Ten80 Education
Ten80 Education has a range of products available from RC cars that are almost as adjustable as the Car of Tomorrow to worksheets and other materials for the classroom. Materials for all grades (K-12 and even beyond) are available.
A World in Motion (AWIM)
A World in Motion is a SAE Foundation curriculum that features engaging kit-based activities that link teachers, students and industry or university volunteers. Various kits cover grades 3-10 and address physical science standards (mostly force and motion, energy and electricity) at those grade levels. The kits are simple to use and focus on experimentation.
Project Lead The Way
Project Lead the Way inserts technology and engineering into traditional middle and high school curricula. They focus on engineering and biomedical engineering , with an emphasis on project-based learning and engineering design.
Understanding Car Crashes -- It's Basic Physics
This curricular material for grades 9-12, written by Griff Jones of the University of Florida, has experiments and worksheets, many of which are linked to a videotape available from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Physics is Fun: Racing
Alabama public television offers an episode with Bobby Allison Lyndon Amick that covers the fundamentals of aerodynamics and kinematics.