Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic - Fun Activities - Houses and Buildings

Houses & Buildings - AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION MECHANIC

What is this job about?

Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

1. Look at the following video

Skills One TV - Alex Hall - Video

2. List the different pathways. What is this job about? What are the streams?

Discuss with a partner which stream you would like to do and why.

3. Write up Alex's career - providing a timeline.

4. What are the requirements that Alex thinks is needed for this job?

5. What are the advances in technology since Alex started in this job? What efficiencies does Alex talk about for the future?

6. From this video, make a Prezi about the job of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic.

The Global Impact of Air Conditioning: big and getting bigger

Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Intercultural Understanding

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

1. Read the following article in The Conversation 25 July 2016 - based on the experiences of the Reading USA.

2. Compare and contrast the previous article with the following article also in The Conversation 2 January 2014: Reading

a. What is the focus of each article? Expense, environment, social justice, responsibility? What else?

b. What are the statistics from both articles? Can you compare Australia and the US? What about China and India?

c. Discussion

List the things that you are not sure about - discuss with a partner. See if you can clarify each other's queries. If not, talk with your teacher.

3. Conduct a survey of your class to see the

Number of air conditioners in each household
If a household doesn't have an air conditioner, what do they do to cool down in summer?
The type of air conditioner
The cost of the summer electricity bill compared to the spring, autumn and winter bills.

Graph your results.

4. What strategies would you put in place to help those vulnerable people who need air conditioning?

Discussion

Discuss with a partner.

5. As an Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic, you have a vested interest in this following article! Summarise the following article from The Conversation January 2016 into 7 key points: Reading