California Career and Technical Education Standards

• T.C.C1.5 Use appropriate personal protective equipment and safety practices.
• T.FS.4.4 Understand the role and function of tools, equipment, and machines in the latest...
• T.FS.5.1 Apply appropriate problem-solving strategies and critical thinking skills to wor...
• T.FS.5.2 Understand the universal, systematic problem-solving model that incorporates inp...
• T.FS.5.3 Use critical thinking skills to make informed decisions and solve problems.

California Academic Content Standards (Reinforced)

• ELA.9-10.LS.C.1.1 Formulate judgments about the ideas under discussion and support those judgments...
• ELA.9-10.R.CAGT.2.5 Extend ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis...3
• ELA.9-10.R.CAGT.2.6 Demonstrate use of sophisticated learning tools by following technical direction...2
• M.7.AF.1.1 Use variables and appropriate operations to write an expression, an equation, an...23
• M.7.AF.1.5 Represent quantitative relationships graphically and interpret the meaning of a ...31

• This happen to you? What did you do? - Hooks / Set

  Students are asked at the beginning of class, "You get in your car and turn the key and nothing happens." How many of you have had this happen to you or somebody you know? What did you do? Asking these open ended questions opens a dialog and and draws upon the student's experiences while also introducing the key components of the starting system and some of the different diagnostic and service methods. Students always have colorful no-crank stories and sometimes novel solutions.
• PowerPoint - Lecture

  Use the starting system PowerPoint to introduce starter theory and service. Each laboratory group will follow along the lecture with a starter core/rebuildable starter for use in identifying the components shown during lecture in the PowerPoint. I will clarify and reinforce key terms and topics during lecture through use of the student's starter cores.

  • F:\Auto 110\Chapter 28 Starting.ppt [ Download ] null
• Starter Lab Demo - Demo / Modeling

  I will demonstrate how to complete the Starting System Work-sheet using the shop demonstration vehicle. I will introduce the DMM (Digital Multi-Meter) and the VAT- (Voltage-Ampereage Tester) and demonstrate how they are connected and used. Students will be taken through the entire lab work-sheet before being asked to perform the laboratory exercise themselves. Students will wear safety glasses and cover-alls at all times while in the shop area.    

  • Starting Worksheet1.doc [ Download ]
• Starter Lab Exercise

  Students will work in groups of four to perform pages 1-9 of the Starting & Charging Laboratory assignment. Students inspect  battery condition, test battery for drains, calculate specific gravity, perform a heavy load test, current draw test, and a voltage drop test. Students will observe safe shop practices at all times while demonstrating competency in using the DMM and VAT-40. Students are continually monitored to insure they are wearing their safety glasses and cover-alls while maintaining safe shop practices at all times while in the shop area.    

  • lab1instr.pdf [ Download ]
• Activity #5 - Closure

  All students will clean up the shop area 20 minutes before the end of class and, upon completion of the cleanup, assemble back in the classroom area. I will display assorted google.com/startingsystem/photos in sequence and have students identify the different starting system types and components. I will do this until the end of class.