Case Study: Vehicle Maintenance

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Produced for Future Morph, this video clip shows an apprentice in motor vehicle maintenance talking about her work and college course. She describes how a car's engine is tested to find a fault with its fuelling.

An additional activity describes a classroom demonstration that shows the products of hydrocarbon combustion. A solid hydrocarbon burns and a pump are used to draw the gaseous combustion products over a piece of cobalt chloride paper and through limewater to show the presence of water and carbon dioxide respectively.

Acknowledgements

Lesson plans:
Nuffield Foundation
Practical Physics activities, David Sang, courtesy of Institute of Physics
Practical Biology activities, Carol Levick, courtesy of Society of Biology
Practical Chemistry activities, Emma Palmer, courtesy of Royal Society of Chemistry
Supporting information:
CoHesion Career Development Consultancy, Brian Cairns and Ruth Wright

Films:
Anna Grayson, production and direction
Phil Stopford and Twofour Digital Ltd, post production
Exeter College

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx4k2

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