WHY DO WE DRAGSTER? By : Ethan Furner 3/5/15 2 period
Why do students race CO2 dragsters? We (students) race CO2 because it It’s a nice break from the textbooks, we all usually prefer a activity than working in the books because it gives us the option to work with our friends, get up and move, and be more involved than the textbooks. We also like to race CO2 dragsters because of craftsmanship and creativity. To further explain my point, this activity can show us how good we are at crafting and see how creative we are by seeing if we can think of a unique idea that will make it better that other and that brings me to my other reason, competition. The mastery of STEM concepts is simply a means to gaining a competitive edge. The magic …show more content…
Their experience culminates as they witness their own creation blast down the racetrack with surprising speed. That also goes hand and hand with reward. Reward helps the student fell better for all their hard work they put into it. It is also good for the teachers too, because teachers know that students will learn STEM concepts from their dragster experience. Here are a few: Science: Newton’s laws of motion, forces, friction, inertia, mass, acceleration, and so forth. Technology: Technical drawing, CAD, specifications and tolerances. Engineering: Design, prototyping, analysis, production, improvement. Math: Measurement, calculation, comparison. This allows for the students to have fun while learning at the same time which is a win-win situation. It could also help with social skills if you have the students work together that could help the student make new friends and make the two students to work, think, and create together in order to win. Or if you have the students build cars individually, they also learn from one another. A student will often incorporate a good idea into his or her own design based on insight shared by a classmate. Students who build a second or third car will often improve their design based on what
Why do students race CO2 dragsters? We (students) race CO2 because it It’s a nice break from the textbooks, we all usually prefer a activity than working in the books because it gives us the option to work with our friends, get up and move, and be more involved than the textbooks. We also like to race CO2 dragsters because of craftsmanship and creativity. To further explain my point, this activity can show us how good we are at crafting and see how creative we are by seeing if we can think of a unique idea that will make it better that other and that brings me to my other reason, competition. The mastery of STEM concepts is simply a means to gaining a competitive edge. The magic …show more content…
Their experience culminates as they witness their own creation blast down the racetrack with surprising speed. That also goes hand and hand with reward. Reward helps the student fell better for all their hard work they put into it. It is also good for the teachers too, because teachers know that students will learn STEM concepts from their dragster experience. Here are a few: Science: Newton’s laws of motion, forces, friction, inertia, mass, acceleration, and so forth. Technology: Technical drawing, CAD, specifications and tolerances. Engineering: Design, prototyping, analysis, production, improvement. Math: Measurement, calculation, comparison. This allows for the students to have fun while learning at the same time which is a win-win situation. It could also help with social skills if you have the students work together that could help the student make new friends and make the two students to work, think, and create together in order to win. Or if you have the students build cars individually, they also learn from one another. A student will often incorporate a good idea into his or her own design based on insight shared by a classmate. Students who build a second or third car will often improve their design based on what