AFX in the Classroom

Accelerated Learning Through Motorsports

Welcome to the Andertti FASTTRACK Xperience for the classroom. Each video will introduce concepts in STEAM education for middle and high school grade students with engaging content and subject matter expert interviews. Corresponding hands-on classroom lessons are available to reinforce the video content.

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We will launch a new video each month through April 2021.

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Force to be Reckoned With: Exploring Newton’s Law

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Video 2:
Coming March 2021

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Video 3:
Coming April 2021

Video 1:

A Force to Be Reckoned With

Video at a Glance

In this video we explore Newton’s Laws of Motion. Former Racecar Driver, Jeff Andretti had a terrible accident over 20 years ago in the Indy 500. Follow our students as they interact with subject matter experts to learn what happened to Jeff and improvements that have been made to keep drivers safer.

Meet the Subject Matter Experts

Ashley Sanford, Top Fuel Dragster Driver

Momentum is explained from the perspective of a top fuel dragster driver, Ashley Sanford. Our students interview Ashley to learn about acceleration and momentum from inside a dragster!

Bob Bielenberg, Research Engineer, Track Safety

Our expert, Bob Bielenberg, discusses Inertia and Kinetic Energy with the introduction to the construction of new safety walls at the track that assist in reducing impact and resulting injuries.