Two articles are presented in this column. "Life in an Auto Factory: Simulating how Labor and Management Interact" by Eric B. Freedman describes a classroom simulation of management and labor relations in an auto factory. Classroom handouts are included. The next article, "Women of Action and County Names: Mary Musgrove County--Why…

What if you could challenge your 12th graders to understand car crashes in the context of physical forces, manufacturing challenges, government safety standards, and individual rights? With this volume in the "STEM Road Map Curriculum Series," you can! "Car Crashes" outlines a journey that will steer your students toward…

This instructional package contains materials for four 1-hour lessons to train current and future auto body repairers and auto mechanics in proper safety and health protection measures. The materials are designed to be incorporated into training and/or recertification courses at high schools, trade schools, and community colleges. Included in the…

This module is the first of nine modules in the competency-based Missouri Auto Mechanics Curriculum Guide. Seven units cover: automotive chemicals and their use; basic automotive hand tools; specialty tools, fasteners, and precision measuring tools; power tools and shop equipment; safety clothing and equipment; shop operation; and careers in auto…

This document contains supplemental materials for special needs high school students intended to facilitate their mainstreaming in regular auto mechanics courses. Teacher's materials precede the materials for students and include general notes for the instructor, suggestions, 18 references, a class progress chart, a questionnaire on the usefulness…

This document contains 20 competency-based examinations with student and instructor manuals for drafting-related occupations. For each of the examinations, the student manual contains the following: the competency, the performance objective, directions, the facility to be used, the materials needed, a space to note time started and time finished,…

A collection of 185 objectives and related test items for students studying auto mechanics in grades 10 through 12 is provided. Auto tune-up and repair skills are emphasized. The objectives are divided into two sections: objectives calling for demonstrations of the processes, and objectives requiring written responses. Most objectives contain…

This curriculum guide is designed to offer guidelines along with supporting resources and teaching ideas from which the local secondary instructor can extract an auto body curriculum that meets local needs. Following an outline of the philosophy and goals underlying state and local vocational education programs in Georgia, the purpose and…

Intended for instructors serving the occupational needs of disadvantaged and handicapped students, this curriculum guide contains 21 units for an auto service program. Its purposes are to provide minimum skills for students entering the mainstream, supplement vocational skills of students already mainstreamed, and provide vocational instructional…

This scope and sequence guide, developed for an auto mechanics vocational education program, represents an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System. It was developed as a result of needs expressed by teachers, parents, and the…

Presents a command organizer for AutoCAD to aid new uses in operating within the 3-D modeling environment. Addresses analyzing the problem, visualization skills, nonlinear tools, a static view of a dynamic model, the AutoCAD organizer, environment attributes, and control of the environment. Contains 11 references. (JRH)

This teacher's guide to the Missouri auto body repair curriculum contains seven modules of instruction. Within each module are instructional units including some or all of the following components: performance objectives, information sheets, handouts, transparency masters, assignment sheets, job sheets, a unit test, and answers to the unit test.…

This curriculum guide is designed to offer guidelines along with supporting resources and teaching ideas from which the local postsecondary instructor can extract an auto body curriculum that meets local needs. Following an outline of the philosophy and goals underlying state and local vocational education programs in Georgia, the purpose and…

This curriculum guide was designed for use in postsecondary auto mechanics education programs in Georgia. Its intent is to develop entry level skills in the areas of knowledge, theoretical structure, tool usage, diagnostic ability, related supportive skills, and occupational survival skills. The first two sections of the guide explain the…

This scope and sequence guide, developed for an auto body repair vocational education program, represents an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System. It was developed as a result of needs expressed by teachers, parents, and…