Cleaning the Family Car

Primary Middle  Secondary

 

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability 

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority

 

 

1. List what needs to be done at first glance on your family car both the interior and exterior.

2. Get a parent or carer to give you a more detailed checklist of what needs to be done from their point of view. Add to your list.

3. Assemble all the equipment you might need including extension cords for vacuuming; wash buckets; car shampoo and polish.

4. Move the car so it is over the lawn if possible. This will help water the grass!

5. Estimate the amount of water you will need to clean this car. How could you go about working out the approximate amount of water you used?

 6. As you complete a task, check it off the list. Get it counter-signed by a parent or carer.

7. Did you find other things that needed doing as you completed your task? Write them down and tell your "client" these extra things that were done when you report at the end.

8. How long did it take to complete the full car detailing? How much water do you think you used? How many and how much cleaning products did you use? What was the total cost of these products?

9. Do you have a new appreciation of car detailing? Write down some of your thoughts!

 

 

 

 

Car Detailing in your region? Could this be YOUR business venture? 

 Middle  Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Cooperative Learning Activity

 

 

 

1. Have you ever thought you might like to be a car detailer? What about your own business?

With your class and school community, you might be able to get started.

 

As a class, you are going to conduct a whole school survey on the use of different types of car cleaning (or not!) using Survey Monkey

 

2. In groups of 4 - 5 students, brainstorm and write down as many questions as possible about car washing and detailing use in your community.

For example: find out the cost of each detailing; the time taken; the type of car washing/detailing [mobile; tunnel wash, in-bay wash] or at home. How many people would prefer to take their car to get washed rather than doing it themselves? How much would they be prepared to pay?

3. Create your survey using all the unique questions from each of the groups. Advertise your survey through the school newsletter to get maximum response from the school community.

4. Collate your findings from the survey. How much time and money is spent on car detailing each week in your region? Is it worth creating a new business?

 

5. Research. How many car wash places are there in your town/city/region? What will they do? What are the prices? Compare the prices

 

6. Read through the following article from GoodSight: Starting a new car wash business. Was this helpful?

 

7. Start small and build up your business! Let "On the Job" know how you are going in your enterprise!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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