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Great American Dragster Derby Racing PBL (STEM project)
How can we work together as a team to achieve success? What does it take to compete well and have a winning team? What does “winning” really mean?
Competencies
Project Overview
Level 1: A1, C17-C19, E30, F33-F36
Level 2: F35
Level 3: B7, B9, B13, E26, E27, E29
Public Product
Great American Dragster Derby (GADD) Racing Competition at school
Participate in the racing competition, involved as an individual member.
Making It Your Own
What adjustments did you make? How did you assess student learning? What worked really well?
Project Summary
This is a STEM PBL. Racing Teams build a single dragster (racing car) and tune it using STEM principles. Individual students interview to be on a specific racing team. This activity culminates in a “Great American Dragster Derby” where teams compete to have the fastest car. Here is a video: https://www.nhra.com/YES# We focused more on the “business of racing.” Here is a link to some images from our class: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YlgATOEYEpMfEvx5SLfdbQpn7IK7geKj
Supporting Documents
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