Hi Turtle Art on the XO can work as an AC or DC voltmeter or ammeter or oscilloscope.
There are a number of experiments at http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/TurtleArt/Using_Turtle_Art_Sensors that could be use to support instruction. Maybe that page is worth translating too. Tony > Hi everyone, > > While working with Adam Holt in Haiti, I met a few "go-getter" teens who > already are doing basic house wiring. They could help diagnose battery and > solar array problems if they had a little more background. > > I learned basic electricity reading and re-reading the first few chapters of > the Amateur Radio Relay League Handbook. I could use some help finding > something similar for french speakers. > > Creole is the spoken language, but the instructional language is French and > the students are easy with learning out of a book in french. > > Unfortunately I don't know enough French to find equivalent sources on line, > or available for purchase on the web. > > I did find open source "basic electricity" texts in english (though perhaps > too verbose) as examples of what I think is needed: > > - http://openbookproject.net/electricCircuits/index.htm > - http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/4_6/Electricity/dc_electricity.htm > - http://educypedia.karadimov.info/library/How_Electricity_Works.swf > > Thanks for help, > > George > Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>While working with Adam Holt in Haiti, I met > a few "go-getter" teens who already are doing basic house wiring. They could > help diagnose battery and solar array problems if they had a little more > background.</div> > <div><br></div><div>I learned basic electricity reading and re-reading the > first few chapters of the Amateur Radio Relay League Handbook. I could use > some help finding something similar for french speakers.</div><div><br> > </div><div>Creole is the spoken language, but the instructional language is > French and the students are easy with learning out of a book in > french.</div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately I don't know enough French to > find equivalent sources on line, or available for purchase on the > web.�</div> > <div><br></div><div>I did find open source "basic electricity" texts in > english (though perhaps too verbose) as examples of what I think is > needed:</div><div><ul><li><a > href="http://openbookproject.net/electricCircuits/index.htm";>http://openbookproject.net/electricCircuits/index.htm</a></li> > <li><a > href="http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/4_6/Electricity/dc_electricity.htm";>http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/4_6/Electricity/dc_electricity.htm</a></li><li><a > > href="http://educypedia.karadimov.info/library/How_Electricity_Works.swf";>http://educypedia.karadimov.info/library/How_Electricity_Works.swf</a></li> > </ul><div>Thanks for help,</div></div><div><br></div><div>George</div> > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
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