Cams and Cranks and More

As we chug our way through our study of inventors for science and history this year, we have worked through simple machines and compound machines.  Most recently, we have covered cams, cranks, springs, torsion bars, and the like.  My good friend Amy, who uses the same curriculum with her kiddos as I do, set us up our own personal field trip today at Newton Nissan in Gallatin.  It was an enrichment activity to have an actual car technician show us cams and cranks in use in a car.  And since Amy's husband works there, he was able to hook us up with just such a tech.  We saw all that and more - friction, lubrication, transmissions, emissions, pistons, spark plugs, hydraulics, all that good stuff relating to our studies. Sweet!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also sweet, they surprised us with goodie bags of sweets and Nissan merchandise - cups and tshirts!  Most interesting was how not into it Noah was 😏 and how very attentive Anna was - asking such astute questions.  🙌🏻  The last shot shows a view from the showroom ... that's my Toyota staring back at all the Nissan staff.  😬