Project El Camino is designed to provide Period 6 Intro to automotive an opportunity to develop the following skills:
Problem solving
Planning
Journaling and writen communications
Research (needed to develop an understanding of the various automotive systems and the interactions they have amongst each other)
Resaerch (needed to develop a plan of restoration - what paint, what engine, what transmission, what as happening in history at the time of manufacture)
Research (needed to develop a plan to increase performance - why will a larger exhaust help, why will a different cam help, intake air flow improvments, updating braking systems)
Inventory control and parts managment
Safe tool use both hand, power, and air tools
Welding and cutting skills
Auto body skills and connections (chemistry of catalysts in body filler and paint, atomization, venturi effect, panel strength, vectors)
Gear ratios - speed, horsepower, and torque calculations
Team work - pride of a project
CONNECTIONS TO ALL ACADEMIC AREAS OF EDUCATION