Peer Teaching: A Student's Perspective

Between 9 to 20 February, student representatives from each of the Secondary 2 classes conducted a one hour solar water fountain lesson package to their respective classes.

In doing so, the lesson became a platform for student-led teaching and learning. The presenters developed better communication skills. At the same time, the student audience gained a deeper insight into solar technology. Students also showed a greater awareness of Woodgrove's effort to go "green".

Below are some of their thoughts....

Training Session with Student Presenters

From each of the Secondary 2 classes, four students were selected to conduct peer teaching of the solar water fountain lesson package.

Sharing Session with 2E2

This is the first activity, where a solar panel is used to light up a light bulb. Douglas is showing the class how to do it.






Some of the students are trying out the experiment.








Activity 2:
This activity involves a field trip to the Solar Fountain. Here, the students are taught about the Solar Fountain. Leon is currently teaching about the different switches.






Given three scenarios: Sunny day, cloudy day and at night, what will happen to the height of the Fountain? This is a demonstration on a cloudy day, using an umbrella as the cloud.






Here, the students are contemplating about a question which Leon posed to them. This question involves some calculation.







Back to the class! The students are shown the blog with Mr Flavian telling them about the blog.

Training on Operations & Maintenance of Solar Water fountain

Jouney to setting up the Solar Panel





We were briefed by Grenzone's Mr Teo
on the basic operations and maintenance
of the Solar Water Fountain.

Mr Teo explaining to us the various parts of the Solar Water Fountain, such as the control panel, water pump and battery module.

Delivery & Testing of Solar Water Fountain System

Jie Lun helping to arrange the tiles on the muddy ground	Mr. Teo and Mr. Tai checking on the water pump underneath the "Ming Dynasty" vase.
Look how dirty our fountain is! Algae were at the filter inlet and at the base of the fountain. We ought to do some cleaning!	Mr. Teo and Mr. Tai having a discussion
Amorphous silicon used as our photovoltaic cell.	Our stand-alone PV system: the box at the bottom is for the storage of battery.
Charge controller for the solar system

Prototype Development #4: Arrival of the actual prototype

Crystalline solar cell used to power the prototype.	Close-up of our mini fountain!
Can you spot our school logo?	Our prototype is protected by an acrylic case.

Light Intensity Testing: Raw Data & Plotting of Results

Team members: please comment on the above results and your experience on measuring the sunlight intensity during different times of the day.