Thinkfinity

=Thinkfinity =

Thinkfinity is a website designed to give educators a brief instructional unit to use within a full teaching unit that may apply to their course materials. When using Thinkfinity, you can type in key words or phrases that may assist you in finding units or partial units you can utilize in your everyday instruction. You can locate the Thinkfinity website at []

The two lesson units I took from Thinkfinity were automotive realter even though there wasn't a lot of units based on this material, I was able to find a couple that would work into what I can teach in my classroom setting. The first one was taken from [] This unit covered COLD CAR START. Why will your vehicle start if it is could outside when you keep it in a garage, but will not start as easily if left outside? Take a look at the following lesson plan and you may find the answer.

The second lesson I found on Thinkfinity had to do with why you need to keep the antifreeze level in your vehicle correct for summer and winter driving. You cannot just add antifreeze and expect all to be well forever, you need to have the correct mixture so it doesn't boil over if too hot and doesn't freeze if too cold! My second lesson was taken from [] If you would like to understand the ratio of Anit-Freeze to Water solutions so you keep your vehicle running smoothly then check out my lesson for this procedure.


 * Refelection **- While looking through the Thinkfinity website, I was able to find a few added units that I could use along with other instruction in my classroom. I did have to look very hard to find anything automotive related and it didn't seem as though there were a lot of useful units to incorporate into my own lessons. The Thinkfinity website may be useful for a lot of core teaching courses, but as for Automotive Technology it was not the best site I have ever used. I made good use of what I found and it is educational as well as approprite to what the students are learning but it will only add one day to my lesson and was not something that I would readily use in the future while looking up information lessons to use in my classroom.