2012 Indianapolis '500' Festival Souvenir Program

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500 FESTIVAL & INDIANAPOLIS SOO
EDUCATION
PROGRAM
Presented by Indiana University Health
Nearly 22,000 Indiana fourth graders put
the pedal to the metal through education.
The 500 Festival and Indianapolis 500s
Education Program, presented by Indiana University
Health, strives to educate and foster creativity in
Hoosier fourth graders through historical, social
and economic significance of the 500 Festival,
Indianapolis 500® and Indiana's thriving motorsports
industry.
This Indiana Academic Standards-based
curriculum is designed to coincide with Indiana's
fourth-grade focus on state history. The program
provides teachers with lesson plans, activities and
a corresponding DVD to teach students about the
500 Festival, Indianapolis 500* and the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway*. In addition, all classrooms that
participate have the opportunity to attend one of nine
Study Trips to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway® in
April or May.
During the course of the Study Trip, fourth-grade
classrooms travel from station to station to learn
more about IMS and the Indianapolis 500s. Stations
include, but are not limited to, a scavenger hunt
in the IMS Hall of Fame Museum, a tour of the
Pagoda and Victory Podium, seeing a race car up
close and personal and being inside the Medical
Hospital that is used throughout the month of May. In
correlation with IU Health's presenting sponsorship
of the Program, a Health & Nutrition Station was
added this year featuring a video of IndyCar driver
James Hinchcliffe teaching students what drivers
do to stay fit and healthy. The Study Trip is used to
not only "test" what the students learn through the
in-class curriculum, but also enhance their learning
experience with interactive pieces.
In 2012, nearly 22,000 students will participate
in this free program and around 8,000 will attend a
Study Trip to IMS. Since its inception in 2004, more
than 178,000 Indiana fourth-grade students have
participated in this program.
The 500 Festival Foundation generates funds to
support youth and educational programs of the 500
Festival such as the 500 Festival & Indianapolis 500s
Education Program.
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