Leslie, You do have a challenge in your Basic College Math class because as you well know this is not a favorite class of students. So many of them come with a fear of math so they aren't excited about being in the class. You are on the right track with your securing of applications made of math in the welding field. To expand on this if possible could you get case studies or problems that would require math to solve in relation to welding? Maybe they are being asked to fabricate something requiring angles so they have to work through the math before they can complete the project. When I taught such a course I had the students list for me the different ways math was involved in the welding industry. Their lists had things like simple fractions in terms of measuring lengths of metal to complex math to fabricate. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.