[Troop139] Build It Night Activity Report

J.Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT w2ttt at att.net
Fri Jul 22 15:20:56 EDT 2011 

Dennis,
It is a pretty neat way to learn.  It is classically not done enough at any
level of education, but needs to be greatly expanded.  Too many kids
write-off specific knowledge, because their lack of understanding of its
relevance.  The projects provide context.  I am a big fan of "role model
education" whether it is done in person, in delivered pre-recorded media or
through tele-presence.  Schools could take a page from the corporate world
and deliver top notch education economically through the delivery of
knowledge by whatever means is effective and efficient.  

I am working on a plan to have the Troop do the Robotics Merit Badge this
Winter using the Arduino kits.  It is one of several new Merit Badges
including Scouting Heritage, Inventions and Geocaching.     

I will make a point of circulating the information via email for the benefit
of those who actually READ IT! :-)
I had mentioned this at Troop meetings during the announcements, but I think
we are going to need to ask the parents who are there to listen to them in
order to reinforce the messages with their sons.

Yorus in Scouting!
Thanks & 73,
Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
201.314.6964

-----Original Message-----
From: dennis [mailto:dennis at aujero.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 2:37 PM
To: BEATTIE JR., GORDON (ATTSI); rleclerc72 at yahoo.com; w2ttt at att.net
Cc: troop139 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Troop139] Build It Night Activity Report

Actually, this is gist of the scouting program at Troop 139 --learning by  
doing (with the environment in mind)-- and as the quote goes: 80% of success

is showing up...by the way, there may be more participation if there's more

than one day's advance notice :)


-----Original message-----
From: "BEATTIE JR., GORDON (ATTSI)" <jb1589 at att.com>
To: Rafael Leclerc <rleclerc72 at yahoo.com>, "J.Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT"  
<w2ttt at att.net>
Cc: troop139 at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 13:27:55 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [Troop139] Build It Night Activity Report

Rafael,
Thanks for the thoughts!  
The environmental aspects are going to be evident at camp in just over a
week.
Piece by piece, bit by bit.
Thanks again!
Yours in Scouting!
Gordon
201.314.6964

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[mailto:troop139-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rafael Leclerc
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 7:16 AM
To: J.Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT
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Subject: Re: [Troop139] Build It Night Activity Report

Good Morning Gordon- Sounds like an awesome learning perspective,
similar to what I am doing for part of the Summer at Columbia
University: Project Based Learning. Based on the description of the
activities, this is best practice. Supported by sound research and
active learners. Maybe take it one step further and look at the
ecological ad/disvantages of the technology and it's life cycle/carbon
footprint. Congrats for the wonderful work you and all do to make
learning fun and engaging. 

Sincerely,

Rafael 

"if these years have taught anything it is this: You can never run away.
Not never. Only way out is in."

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 



On Jul 20, 2011, at 11:40 PM, "J.Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT"
<w2ttt at att.net> wrote:

> Hi Folks!
> Tonight was very productive!  
> 
> Charlie Dewey and Sean Siebert removed extremely long, small gauge
wire
> cables from the solar panels and connectorized each of the six panels
with
> Anderson PowerPole connectors on the end of much shorter "pigtails". 
> 
> Charlie tested them to ensure that when exposed to light, that each
> connector was showing voltage.  In full sunlight, these panels each
generate
> about 15W of power for a total of between 90-100W!  
> 
> The next step is to make short cable assemblies using heavy gauge wire
to
> connect the panels to a charge controller.  The new, shorter and
larger
> wires will reduce the loss of power in the wiring that the old, long
wires
> caused.    
> 
> Next, we will mount the panels on a frame that will allow for the
panels to
> be pointed toward the sun.  The frame will be done this weekend or
next week
> before camp and will include a light PlexiGlass(R) protective cover to
keep
> them from being damaged during transport.
> 
> Another task was to determine if some laptops that I was asked to
rework for
> the Red Cross were functional.  One was, but the other two did not
have the
> correct power supplies.  We will put out the word to see if anyone has
a
> power supply for these once we document the model. 
> 
> Hope to see more participation next time we do this sometime in
August!  You
> can learn a lot and have some fun while doing it!
> 
> Yours in Scouting!
> Thanks & 73,
> Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
> 201.314.6964
> 
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