Hands-on Learning!

The students of grade X and XI Science were taken for a workshop called ‘UnBlur’, Secunderabad, where a young engineer turned entrepreneur Mr Mustafa Khambaty led a 3 hour long hands-on workshop on the basics of Automobile Engineering.

At UnBlur, our students understood real life engineering applications by making use of the science concepts taught to them in school as a part of their syllabus.

In the workshop, students learned the basics of Mechanical/Automobile Engineering on a working ATV (All Terrain Vehicle). They were first taught the construction and working of a 4 stroke engine where application of concepts such as work, energy, force were explored. In addition to this, the students got to see the parts of a disassembled bike engine as well.

Next, students understood the working of a simple transmission where they learnt the concepts of speed, gear ratio, torque etc as well as different types of transmission (Gear, Chain, Belt). After this, students used basic concepts such as AC – DC current, rectification, electromagnetic induction etc to understand the working and construction of an Alternator. Finally, students learnt about the different types of brakes (Disc, Drum) and the various methods for their actuation (Mechanical, Hydraulic ,Pneumatic).

For teaching all of the above concepts, disassembled parts of vehicles were used for demonstration.

Once done with these topics, the students proceeded to the ATV where they answered basic questions about the vehicle based on the concepts explored through the workshop. Hands-on learning indeed!