Car Wash

Friday (15/06/2012)

a)          Engine parts.

·             The kids observed 2 cars. My car; MYvi and Teacher Pik Xia’s; Proton Wira.

·             I introduced the external parts included: car hood, boot, windscreen, wipers, headlights, plate number, signal lights, wheels, tyres, rims and the petrol cover area.

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We opened both car hoods to compare the engines. Mine was smaller engine of 1.0 while Teacher Pik Xia’s was of 1.6. Her car could speed faster and more powerful compared to mine. We also learnt about the air-cond compartment, its fan, the wipers’ water among others. Kids were excited; some started talking about their parents’ car.

b)          Car Wash.

·             We voted and the boys washed my Myvi while the girls washed Teacher Pik Xia’s Wira.

·             First round, the car has to be wet. Thus, kids fill up the pail with water. I used to hose to wet both cars. They thought that it looked like waterfall.

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Second round, a little car shampoo was poured into second pail of water. We shouldn’t use detergent or dishes soap to wash the car as it harms the paint. Kids used a cloth to soak into the pail and washed the car. They were so serious at cleaning the car. As washing, they started talking about their experience on car washing.

·             Third round, another pail of clean water. Kids had to wash and rinse their cloth clean so that there’s no more soap. They soak in the third pail and rinse the cloth. They washed the car.

·             Fourth round, they rinsed their wet cloth as dry as possible. Then, they wiped the wet car to dry. Overall, both cars were very clean! The kids were proud of themselves!

c)           Video Clip.

·             We watched clips on car wash. Petrol Station machine car wash. In Klang, the price is about RM4. We washed another clip on manual car wash by hands. A normal wash is about RM8.00. With polishing, it costs more.