Karting 101 students learn by doing, form solid working habits, develop an understanding for how to properly select and use hand tools, and display an increase in confidence and personal agency.
Starting with instruction on how to safely conduct themselves within a shop environment and around vehicles, Karting 101 students are then promptly immersed in the systems that constitute a racing kart. As students are taught to disassemble and rebuild various components they learn both the physics and experience the mechanical functions behind how brakes, carburetors, clutches, and engines operate.
On the first day of class most students can’t accurately label more than four items on a kart, but by the conclusion of the course students can aptly list the ingredients needed for combustion, explain the strokes of an engine, as well as properly identify and define the parts of the kart and their role in propelling it down the track.
For students who exhibit a suitable level of maturity, the course culminates in their participation in a track day at an off-site karting track.
Course Details:
Karting 101 is an eight-week course, capped at eight students per cohort, that meets twice weekly with additional optional drop-in work hours on Saturday. Instruction ranges from 40-86hrs depending on the student’s weekend schedule.
Cost: $600 course fee + $150 lab fee
Prerequisite:
- Student must agree to adhere to the STEAM Cathedral Code of Conduct