Practice League for Future STEM Professionals
The Ten80 Student Racing Challenge: NASCAR STEM Initiative is a "practice league" through which middle and high school students engage use electric radio controlled (RC) cars to create products and work together in ways that mirror professional motorsports teams, engineers and green transportation designers. Student teams showcase their work and compete over the internet, locally and nationally in categories including race engineering, aerodynamic design, alternative energy, creative engineering and graphic design. (read more…)
Project-Based Learning that Doesn't Forget the Learning
The Ten80 Student Racing Challenge: NASCAR STEM initiative is a project-based learning system and national competition league created by educators, engineers and industry partners over 10 years ago. Its mission is to help youth, especially underrepresented minorities and women, to develop confidence and interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) areas that will give them skills in these subjects, help prepare them for higher education and careers. The curriculum is aligned with national standards and provides professional development and training for teachers and coaches who support students. (read more...)
Engineering is a Performing Art
Ten80’s engineer-educator teams understand that “engineering” occurs at the intersection of science, math and technology. We view engineering and “problem solving” as performing arts that are only mastered through practice. Musicians practice before taking the stage. Athletes practice for years before hitting the big leagues. Future STEM professionals should not be expected to perform at a professional level never having actually played the game. We believe it is our job, as successful members of our communities, to provide a development and practice league for future professionals. We’re doing that through the Student Racing Challenge and inviite you to get involved too. (read more…)