Make sure you are ready for this school year by joining the Driving SCIENCE Institute this fall for 2 days of STEM professional development at Richmond International Raceway, Septemeber 4th & 5th. While you are there, make sure to come by and see the LAB-AIDS Team. If you are a middle and/or high school teacher interested in improving the teaching and learning of STEM disciplines this event is for you. The goals are to: • Strengthen content knowledge in STEM disciplines • Model best practices that improve student achievement • Promote awareness of STEM connections to motorsports, including careers LAB-AIDS is the exclusive publisher of problem-based and issues-oriented science programs developed by SEPUP at the Lawrence Hall of Science. We are partnered with Driving SCIENCE who have designed a STEM program around the skills and abilities inherent to auto racing, such as: • The physics of force, speed, energy, and motion • Engineering • Math • Critical thinking • Creative inquiry-based problem solving For more information: drivingscience.org/
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:10:12 +0000