Writing the Teacher's Guide

nA Teacher's Guide will be provided to the teachers of the Solar Lamp lessons. This document has the purpose of guiding the teachers making the actual lesson plans. I have created the guide with 4 suggested lessons with classroom exercises, science topic summaries, illustrations, and thought-provoking questions. nRubric was created to guide assessment standards. The overall objective is to foster creative thinking and ingenuity in the students.

1. I.Solar tea– basic (not mathematical) level study of light conversion to energy - by making sun tea.
2. II.Electricity and instrument usage teaches basic electricity, ohms law calculations, and practical usage of multi-meter and hand tools.
3. III.Fruit battery – basic level (not mathematical) study of chemical storage of energy -by making a battery out of a piece of fruit. 
4. IV.LED and semiconductors - Very basic (not mathematical) semiconductor theory and LED operation. n

nThe Teacher's Guide is being translated by my friend Melinda, a Chinese High School English Teacher, before being distributed along with the Solar Lamp to the target schools.

Prototype Review

Innogetic built a prototype and it was reviewed. My fellow EEF volunteer, former Microsoft colleague, and friend, Jeffrey lives in China and was able to go to the Innogetic office for the review.  He reviewed the construction of the prototype and observed some product testing. The highlights and findings are as follows:

nOverall system looks robust for student use.

¨1 meter drop tested,

¨water resistant,

¨LED is bright enough for reading in dark environment

¨Articulating arm is flexible and easy to use.

¨Battery holds charge for weeks

n¨Innogetic will write an assembly document including photos

¨Innogetic will 100% test subsystems during manufacturing

¨Heavy cloud cover (typical of Zhuhai) can prevent charging. Anecdotally, cloud cover is lighter in in-land provinces.

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¨There will be 5% extra parts for spares/defects.

Innogetic will define tool kit for school