Pitsco The Science of Speed Kit (For 30 Students)

The Pitsco 24656 The Science of Speed Kit is a standards-based totally curriculum by Brad Blue that specializes in the design, construction, and racing of CO2-powered dragsters for college kids in grades 6-12 studying the scientific concepts of aerodynamics, motion, transfer of energy, drag, and friction, and it features a teacher’s guide, a teacher’s video, a lecture room poster, and student activities. The 60-page Science of Speed Teacher’s Guide provides 15 reproducible blackline and color worksheets, assessment rubrics, and a detailed explanation of the best way to put in force the curriculum including science, technology, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) activities. The curriculum includes the Zoon Air Car project and culminates in a race day for student-built CO2 dragsters. It addresses how the teachings and activities meet standards set by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA), and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).

The Science of Speed Kit also includes the Science of Speed poster, a Zoon Air Car Kit for every student, student engineer portfolios, 11 x 17-inch grid paper, competition brackets, Metric Dragster Go/No Go Gauges, and the 13-minute Science of Speed Video DVD as an overview of the method for the trainer. The 24614 Zoon Air Car Kit is a hands-on project that incorporates die-cut paper parts, straws, paper clips, rubber bands, and directions for college kids in grades 3-12 studying the concepts of force, motion, transfer of energy, and friction. The Zoon Air Car Kit introduces basic car design and terminology concepts and lets in students to change air car designs for efficiency and function.

The kit reinforces engineering, technology, and math concepts as students design, build, test, modify, and race model dragsters that adhere to design rules and specifications for a comprehensive learning revel in emphasizing aerodynamic design, car construction, and knowledge analysis. A standards-based totally curriculum is generally utilized in an educational setting to steer a series of lessons and supply activities and assessments.

Construction of the Zoon Air Car requires needle-nose pliers, scissors, transparent tape, a glue gun and glue slugs, a marking pen, and a ruler (all sold one by one). The curriculum requires a CO2 metric dragster kit and race system (both sold one by one).

Science education products incorporate applied math and science principles into lecture room and homeschool-based totally projects. Teachers in pre-K, elementary, and secondary study rooms use science education kits and products alongside science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum to demonstrate STEM concepts and real-world applications through hands-on activities. Science education projects come with a broad range of activities, such as practical experiments in engineering, aeronautics, robotics, energy, chemistry, physics, biology, and geology.

Pitsco Education develops K-12 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum, educational kits, and lecture room tools. The corporate, founded in 1971, is headquartered in Pittsburg, KS.

What’s within the Box?

• Science of Speed Teacher’s Guide with assessment rubrics and blackline and color masters of worksheets
• Science of Speed Video DVD
• Student portfolios (30)
• 11 x 17-inch sheets of grid paper (one hundred)
• Science of Speed poster
• 24614 Zoon Air Car Kit for 30 students: Die-cut paper part sheets (30); Straws (90); Jumbo paper clips (30); Small paper clips (90); Rubber bands (120); Instructions
• 33915 Metric Dragster Go/No Go Gauges (5)