Creative Engineering Design-
For this project, we had to design a prototype to solve a world wide problem and send it into action. The world problem we chose was power outages in the U.S. Power outages take concern into places that electricity is critical such as hospitals, mines, and sewage treatment plants. So our solution was to build a prototype of a solar powered generator using a small house with lights that are powered by the sun, charged in a rechargeable battery. Using a 1$ solar panel from the dollar store we found that this would meet our goal in making it cost-efficient. We focused mainly on the lighting of a house so that is what we demonstrated with our prototype.
To make our house, we used many pieces of wood that were thin and fit our dimensions to build it with. After constructing through awhile of cutting and gluing, we installed the lights, mini 1$ solar panels, and special Christmas lights for a little extra fun. Then we tested it and saw that it had worked to our expectations. Our action plan was to sell this to customers using solar companies to fund it and make it with our idea.
To make our house, we used many pieces of wood that were thin and fit our dimensions to build it with. After constructing through awhile of cutting and gluing, we installed the lights, mini 1$ solar panels, and special Christmas lights for a little extra fun. Then we tested it and saw that it had worked to our expectations. Our action plan was to sell this to customers using solar companies to fund it and make it with our idea.
Reflection-
Overall, I thought that this project was a good experience to influence those who want to do things like this as their career later in life. It went very well for time management. Though the thinking and brainstorming took awhile, it was for the benefit of totally understanding the problem faced to solve. Two skills i gained was how to construct a solar powered miniature home and how to use things that are cheap to make a difference. Two things i could've done better was to gather more information about the topic and be more welcoming in our presentation. Some things that went wrong in our project was calculations and cutting the right size off a piece of wood. One thing that went really well was the prototype itself. It caught all of our classmates attention when we lit the house using the solar charged batteries and the sun.