- Grade Levels:
- 4-12
- Length:
- 60 minutes
- Taping Rights:
- Unlimited
- MARC Record:
- Downloadable
- Web Site:
- KET Online
- Teaching Materials:
- See Below
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During KET’s action-packed field trip to Toyota Motor Manufacturing’s Camry plant in Georgetown, students see how cars are made through teamwork and advanced technology; explore Toyota business practices in the areas of safety, improvement, and quality; and go places that are off-limits to most tour groups. This overview of the whole process of building a car, from steel to the test track, also gives students an on-the-job look at what’s expected of employees in the world of automotive manufacturing
Some of the topics covered:
- die casting—how a 17-ton steel coil turns into car parts
- automation/technology and robotics
- inspection processes
- engine and power train assembly
- recycling of materials
- business terms like kaizen, kanban, and jidoka at work
- teamwork on the line
- and 85 mph spins on the test track!
This field trip can spark discussion in a wide variety of curriculum areas, including science, social studies, school-to-work, business, tech-ed, and mathematics programs. The program was first broadcast on December 9, 1997.
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