PROJECT OBJECTIVE #1

A collaboration between Woodgrove Secondary School Science Department, Craft & Technology; and Temasek Polytechnic to design and construct a solar-powered water fountain

PROJECT OBJECTIVE #2

Creation of a learning corner for the teaching and learning of solar energy

Friday, October 30, 2009

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.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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

Monday, May 11, 2009

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.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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.


Friday, April 10, 2009

Prototype Development #2: Research & Ideation

RESEARCH DESIGH
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IDEATION