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Kick your field trip into overdrive by enhancing your experience with a field trip activity. The NASCAR Hall of Fame field trips
activities are hands-on opportunities to learn more about a specific subject matter. The activities are facilitated by NASCAR
Hall of Fame crew members.
Select your field trip activities during your reservation process. Activities are grade and subject specific. The NASCAR
Hall of Fame will be growing its available activities throughout the 2015-2016 school year. Please check back to see what
additional activities have been added.
If you wish to discuss any of the activities, please contact the NASCAR Hall of Fame Education Manager at 704-654-4462
STAFF LEAD GUIDED EXPERIENCE (60 MINUTES)
EXHIBIT EXPLORATIONS
Grades 3-8: Join an educator for a themed exploration of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. An educator will lead an exploration activity
that promotes science, engineering and/or math skills. Students will receive guides and resources to help facilitate their
exploration.
Exhibit Exploration Themes:
• Work and Play: The science of energy at work in motorsports.
• Get Physical: Health and wellness in the sport of NASCAR.
• In the Driver’s Seat: The science and engineering of driving.
• Innovation and Invention: From race car to street car and back again.
HANDS-ON SESSIONS (20-30 MINUTES)
HEATING UP
Grades 4-8: Friction is a key scientific lesson and is a critical element in the sport of NASCAR. During the session, students will
learn about the role of friction and its impact from the engine to the tires.
Learning Objectives:
• Learn definition of friction and its relations to concept of force and motion.
• Exam different types of friction encountered every day.
• Understand the role of friction (good and bad) as it applies to the world of racing.
• Conduct experiment utilizing HO scale car on different “track” surfaces to measure the results of friction on the car
performance.
CLEAN LINES
Grades 6-8: Aerodynamics and wind resistance are essential concepts in the sport of racing and our personal lives. Students
will explore the concept of drafting and dragging as critical concepts that drive race teams to make modifications to a car to
improve performance.
Learning Objectives:
• Learn about air as a force and when air resistance is encountered in daily life.
• Understand the basic principles behind the racing concepts of drafting and drag.
• Conduct experiment utilizing 1:64 scale race cars in a wind tunnel to demonstrate the force of air impact of drafting
and drag.
• Identify examples of aerodynamics represented by different generations of race cars and how it applies to personal cars.
OBJECT IN MOTION
Grades 3-12: “An object in Motion will stay in Motion” – Newton’s laws are no better represented in action that during a race.
Students will learn about the basic principles through a series of interactive experiments.
Learning Objectives:
• Learn about the gravity and Newton’s three laws and how these laws are experienced in daily life.
• Learn how Newton’s three laws apply directly to NASCAR.
• Understand essential terminology in racing that applies to force and motion (downforce, loose, tight).
• Build a balloon-powered car and test the car to apply Newton’s laws (predict and prove what they believe will happen).
GOING THE DISTANCE
Grades 2-5: Explore what it takes for a team to get to the track each week (and back again). Students will utilize their math
skills as they explore NASCAR and its tracks.
Students will learn:
• Learn about NASCAR tracks and locations across the country and the world
• Learn about strategy for teams to build the best race team
• Understand the geography of the sport of racing by using maps skills and game to get a team to the track on time
• Solve a series of problems to apply fundamental skills to real life such as distance, mileage, laps, weight, speed, driver’s
points and more
RACING TO THE VICTORY LANE
PreK-1: Through the most famous words in racing – Drivers start your Engines – students will learn about the racing through a
series of games and activities.
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Identify colors and shapes associated with the NASCAR
Increase use of large motor skills through a series of activities, such as lifting a tire or navigating a track
Understand the job of three team members on a race team
Count to figure out simple math problem such as counting how many cars start or finish a race