Science, Life Skills and Innovations in American Automobile Racing Unit Plan Overview Overarching Questions Key Concepts Continued Lesson 2 Newton’s Three Laws and Racing How are science concepts dem- – Downforce onstrated by auto racing? How do – Gravity – Newton’s three laws of innovations in auto racing make use motion – the law of inertia, – Trade-offs of science concepts? F=ma and action and reaction – – Bernoulli’s principle can be illustrated with examples – Kinetic energy from automobile racing. Key Concepts – Potential energy – Passion Lesson 3 – Power – Finding your fit Forces Involved in Automobile Racing – Thermal energy – Self-confidence – Forces can be illustrated with ex- – Venturi effect – Learning from mistakes amples from automobile racing. – Watt – Teamwork – Weight Lesson 4 – Organization – Work Motion and Energy in Automobile – Education Racing – Airfoil – Learn by doing – Velocity, acceleration, forces, work – Ground effects – Artifact and energy can be illustrated with – Pressure – Acceleration examples from automobile racing. – Roll bar – Air resistance – Safety features Lesson 5 – Force Ground Effects, Innovations and – Friction Safety in Automobile Racing Lessons and Main Ideas – Inertia – Science, physics and engineering – Mass Lesson 1 principles help explain ground – Momentum Life Skills and Automobile Racing effects and safety innovations in automobile racing. – Relative motion – The skills required to succeed in – Speed automobile racing are also helpful – Aerodynamics general life skills. – Air resistance – Velocity Continued… – Centripetal force 22 Science, Life Skills and Innovations in American Automobile Racing | Unit Plan thehenryford.org/education Unit Plan Overview Continued Duration 5-10 class periods – Buck & Thompson Class D – March 84C Race Car, 1984 (45 minutes each) Slingshot Dragster, 1960 (cockpit view ID# 69363) ID# THF36041 – Lesson Plans: 5 class periods – Willys Gasser, 1958 – Race Car “999” Built by Henry (front view ID# THF69394) – Culminating Project: Ford, 1902 ID# THF70568 1-5 class periods, depending on the – Ford Thunderbird NASCAR project chosen – Damaged Race Car After a Winston Cup Race Car Driven Racing Accident, 1905-1915 by Bill Elliott, 1987 ID# THF12446 (aerial view ID# THF69260) Digitized Artifacts – Start of the Indianapolis 500 from the Collections of The Henry Ford Race, 1937 ID# THF68313 Lesson 3 – Barber-Warnock Special Race Lesson 2 Forces Involved in Automobile Racing Car in Pit at Indianapolis Motor Newton’s Three Laws and Racing – Soap Box Derby Car, 1939 Speedway, 1924 ID# THF68329 – Willys Gasser, 1958 (side view ID# THF69252 – Henry Ford Driving the 999 Race ID# THF69391) – Official Start of First NHRA Car Against Harkness Race Car – Lyn St. James Suited Up in Drag Racing Meet, Great Bend, at Grosse Pointe Racetrack, Race Car, Giving a Thumbs-Up, Kansas, 1955 ID# THF34472 1903 ID# THF23024 2008 ID# THF58671 – Three Men Pushing a Barber- – Start of the Indianapolis 500 Warnock Special Race Car Off Race, 1937 ID# THF68313 the Track at Indianapolis Motor Lesson 4 – Three Men Pushing a Barber- Speedway, probably 1924 Motion and Energy in Warnock Special Race Car Off ID# THF68328 Automobile Racing the Track at Indianapolis Motor – Composite Image Depicting – Willys Gasser, 1958 Speedway, probably 1924 Henry Ford and Spider Huff (engine view ID# THF69399) ID# THF68328 Driving the Sweepstakes Racer (side view ID# THF69391) – Official Start of First NHRA at Grosse Pointe Racetrack, – March 84C Race Car, 1984 Drag Racing Meet, Great Bend, 1901 ID# THF24696 (aerial view ID# THF69371) Kansas, 1955 ID# THF34472 – Buck & Thompson Class D – Ford Thunderbird NASCAR – March 84C Race Car, 1984 Slingshot Dragster, 1960 Winston Cup Race Car Driven (cockpit view ID# THF69363) ID# THF36041 by Bill Elliott, 1987 (side view – Ford Thunderbird NASCAR – Damaged Race Car After a ID# THF69258) (aerial view ID# Winston Cup Race Car Driven by Racing Accident, 1905-1915 THF69260) Bill Elliott, 1987 ID# THF69258 ID# THF12446 thehenryford.org/education Science, Life Skills and Innovations in American Automobile Racing | Unit Plan 23 Unit Plan Overview Continued – Jim Hall: Self-Confidence – Lyn St. James: – Background Information Learning from Mistakes Sheet for Students 3A: Forces Involved in Auto Racing – Al Unser, Sr.: Teamwork – Student Activity Sheet 3B: Forces – Lyn St. James: Organization – Answer Key 3B: Forces – Summers Brothers “Goldenrod” – Jim Dilamarter: Education – Background Information Sheet Land Speed Record Car, 1965 – Jim Hall: Learn by Doing ID# THF37676 for Students 4A: Motion and – Jim Hall: Safety Rules Energy in Automobile Racing – Official Start of First NHRA – Jim Hall: Engineer to Go Faster Drag Racing Meet, Great Bend, – Student Activity Sheet 4B: – Dan Gurney: Kansas, 1955 ID# THF34472 Distance, Velocity and Acceleration Innovations to Get More Force (Grades 4-5) Lesson 5 – Bobby Unser: Getting More Force – Student Activity Sheet 4C: Ground Effects, Innovations and from Better Tire Traction Distance, Velocity and Acceleration Safety in Automobile Racing – Carroll Shelby: (Grades 6-8) – March 84C Race Car, 1984 Kinetic Energy and Brakes – Answer Key 4B and C: (aerial view ID# THF69371) – Jim Dilamarter: Getting Distance, Velocity and Acceleration (side view ID# THF69368) Downforce and Pushing Air (Grades 4-5 and 6-8) – Willys Gasser, 1958 – Background Information Sheet (front view ID# THF69394) Materials for Students 5A: Ground Effects, Innovations and – Ford Thunderbird NASCAR – Computer with access to the Safety in Automobile Racing Winston Cup Race Car Driven Internet; digital projector and – Student Activity Sheet 5B: by Bill Elliott, 1987 screen (preferred) OR printed Ground Effects and Safety (aerial view ID# THF69260) handouts of the digitized Innovations in Automobile – Henry Ford Driving the 999 Race artifacts and descriptions Racing Car Against Harkness at Grosse – Bulletin board Pointe Racetrack, 1903 – Answer Key 5B: – Construction paper and materials ID# THF23024 Ground Effects and Safety for decorating the bulletin board Innovations in Automobile Racing – Start of the Indianapolis 500 – Calculators Race, 1937 ID# THF68313 – Culminating Projects – Background Information Sheet – Lyn St. James Suited Up in – Extension Activities for Students 2A: Race Car, Giving a Thumbs-Up, – Student Activity Sheet 6: Newton’s Three Laws and Racing 2008 ID# THF58671 Review/Assessment Questions – Student Activity Sheet 2B: – Answer Key 6: Newton’s Three Laws Review/Assessment Questions Racing Oral History Interviews – Answer Key 2B: – Carroll Shelby: Passion Newton’s Three Laws – Jim Dilamarter: Finding Your Fit 24 Science, Life Skills and Innovations in American Automobile Racing | Unit Plan thehenryford.org/education.