STEM Curriculum for an Electrathon America Car

Stem curriculum for an Electrathon America Car.zip

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Curriculum Description:

This resource was developed by the Kent Career and Technical Center through seed funding from the CAAT and is a project-based curriculum that revolves around the construction of a working electric powered vehicle that will be entered into an Electrathon America race. This curriculum guides students through the design, build, and test process with their electric powered vehicle. Curriculum experiences include a combination of classroom, lab learning, on-site work experiences, and exposure to emerging green career pathways. The curriculum developed includes mathematics and science standards for Physics, P1-P4, with an emphasis on forces and motion, energy, and electricity for grades 9-12.

Curriculum Contents:

The 25-page Electrathon Car, CAAT STEM Curriculum includes a curriculum description, overview, an appendix, and six units. Units include Project Introduction, Safety Training, Electricity, CAD, Mechanical Systems, and Electrical System. Each unit contains 1-4 lessons. Lessons cover an industry problem and include learning and performance outcomes, deliverables, lesson timeframes, topics and standards covered, materials needed, and lesson directions. Also included are two electrathon racer images and a video that runs 1:35 in length.

Below is a list of files contained within the zip attachment. Files are .docx, .jpg, .mov, and .db. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

Stem curriculum for an Electrathon America Car (5 files, 177.4 MB)