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 Helper Activities and Club Resources - Project Meeting Ideas

Are you looking for more small engine activity ideas? Here is a list of possibilities. Brainstorm more ideas with the participants in your group. 

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I Recreational I Safety and the environment I Energy sources I Other I

Small engine projects

• Building equipment to be powered by small engine, e.g., log splitter, go-cart, pumping system

• Building a model of a small engine

• Developing a cutaway of a small engine

• Making a carburetor cut-away

• Developing a display of small engine parts

• Rebuilding a small engine

• Changing engine oil

• Servicing the air cleaner on a small engine

• Study the engine model numbering system

• Troubleshooting an engine

Careers in small engines

• Conducting a small engine career night

• Shadowing on the job

• Writing a resume

• Interviewing people in a small equipment industry

• Interviewing people managing a small engine repair shop or retail store

• Touring a small engine repair shop or manufacturing plant

• Interviewing an engineer in a small engine equipment company

Recreational

• Interview someone from a riding club, e.g.,  ATVs or snowmobile

• Attending a local riding club meeting

• Discovering trails for ATVs or snowmobiles in your community

• Volunteering to maintain trails

• Attending a local ATV or snowmobile rally

Safety and the environment

• Interviewing local law enforcement official regarding community laws

• Exploring the Internet for safety and environmental information

• Attending an approved rider safety course for ATVs, snowmobiles, or motorcycles

• Presenting a lawnmower safety program to kindergartners, first and second graders on bystander safety

• Obtaining new safety decals for small engine equipment around your home

• Collecting newspaper clipping on small engine equipment-related injuries

• Discarding used oil properly

• Conducting a safety inspection of a riding lawnmower

Energy sources

• Visiting a fuel distribution depot

• Tracing gasoline back to its natural sources

• Creating a display to describe the refining process

• Interviewing people in the fuel and oil industry

• Comparing gasoline and diesel engines

• Comparing the properties of diesel fuel and gasoline

Other

• Exhibiting a small engine project

• Giving a small engine demonstration

• Practicing conference judging

• Conducting small engine quiz bowl

• Debating small engine issues

• Mowing lawns for elderly or disabled persons in your neighborhood

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