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My team of 6th grade students were looking for a solution for a phone charger
alarm to cut down on ghost power when a phone charger is left after phone is
charged. An alarm would go off if the phone charger is left off in the wall while the
phone is retrieved from the phone charger.
We were looking to talk to someone who could guide us with the electronics of
the system we planned to make. I asked people around who could help my team
guide with an electronic solution. Most engineers that I talked to told me that it
was a very difficult project for a 6th grader.
When I brought the concept to Veenu while he was conducting the solar energy
workshop in Connecticut, he came up with a simple solution guiding my team in
the right direction. His knowledge and his encouragement (that kids can build the
system) let me to believe that my team could make the gadget.
Our team, Team Genius, won the North-east region of e-cybermission
competition conducted by Army. In June 2011, we won the national
championship in Washington D.C.,in which our alarm system that alerts people
to take off the phone charger once phone is charged was adjusted the best in its
category for the 6th graders.
Veenu's approach to teach students helped us steer in the right direction
Kavita Saxena
Team Mentor, Team Genius
National Champion, e-cyber mission competition
_____________________________________________________________
The information about solar power and energy usage was relevant and
applicable to the classroom. It gave a context or the usage of PV systems.
The building of the solar tracker circuit board was an excellent application of
electronics to greatly enhance a PV system. The circuit board was a great way to
see some of the basic principles needed to design a system, such as the
relationships between voltage, amperage and wattage, and it really gave my
students the opportunity to experience concepts of electronics first hand.
Thanks again,
- David Casey, School Teacher, West Sonoma School District
____________________________________________________________
“SVEL’s solar tracker workshop exposes students to the future technology &
direction”
- Felipe Anaya, Student, Eastside Memorial GreenTech, Austin, TX
____________________________________________________________
The kids really enjoyed testing the tracker seeing it move to find the maximum
amount of sun. It was such a popular activity that it was not only the talk of the
campus but also the talk of the town! We were honored to have a professional
engineer come and talk to our class - having the kids actually make a circuit
board. It was very relevant for the city since it just put up solar panels on the low-
income and migrant housing across the street from the school. Solar panels are
also becoming popular on the local farms as clean energy here in the "salad
bowl of the world." We hope we can be part of the project in the future!
Sincerely,
Ms. Villalobos
Main St. Middle School
Soledad, Ca 93960
alarm to cut down on ghost power when a phone charger is left after phone is
charged. An alarm would go off if the phone charger is left off in the wall while the
phone is retrieved from the phone charger.
We were looking to talk to someone who could guide us with the electronics of
the system we planned to make. I asked people around who could help my team
guide with an electronic solution. Most engineers that I talked to told me that it
was a very difficult project for a 6th grader.
When I brought the concept to Veenu while he was conducting the solar energy
workshop in Connecticut, he came up with a simple solution guiding my team in
the right direction. His knowledge and his encouragement (that kids can build the
system) let me to believe that my team could make the gadget.
Our team, Team Genius, won the North-east region of e-cybermission
competition conducted by Army. In June 2011, we won the national
championship in Washington D.C.,in which our alarm system that alerts people
to take off the phone charger once phone is charged was adjusted the best in its
category for the 6th graders.
Veenu's approach to teach students helped us steer in the right direction
Kavita Saxena
Team Mentor, Team Genius
National Champion, e-cyber mission competition
_____________________________________________________________
The information about solar power and energy usage was relevant and
applicable to the classroom. It gave a context or the usage of PV systems.
The building of the solar tracker circuit board was an excellent application of
electronics to greatly enhance a PV system. The circuit board was a great way to
see some of the basic principles needed to design a system, such as the
relationships between voltage, amperage and wattage, and it really gave my
students the opportunity to experience concepts of electronics first hand.
Thanks again,
- David Casey, School Teacher, West Sonoma School District
____________________________________________________________
“SVEL’s solar tracker workshop exposes students to the future technology &
direction”
- Felipe Anaya, Student, Eastside Memorial GreenTech, Austin, TX
____________________________________________________________
The kids really enjoyed testing the tracker seeing it move to find the maximum
amount of sun. It was such a popular activity that it was not only the talk of the
campus but also the talk of the town! We were honored to have a professional
engineer come and talk to our class - having the kids actually make a circuit
board. It was very relevant for the city since it just put up solar panels on the low-
income and migrant housing across the street from the school. Solar panels are
also becoming popular on the local farms as clean energy here in the "salad
bowl of the world." We hope we can be part of the project in the future!
Sincerely,
Ms. Villalobos
Main St. Middle School
Soledad, Ca 93960
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