Re: [support-gang] Basic Electricity Text in French?
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:09:25PM -0400, George Hunt wrote: 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 do you have specific things that would be useful to learn? topics? what grade level? would a text in Creol not be more useful to more students or is everyone expected to know french at some point. I got the impression that not many folks have a great fluence in french. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux ==.| http://kevix.myopenid.com..| | : :' : The Universal OS| mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/.| | `. `' http://www.debian.org/.| http://counter.li.org [#238656]| |___`-Unless I ask to be CCd,.assume I am subscribed._| court, n.: A place where they dispense with justice. -- Arthur Train ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] Basic Electricity Text in French?
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 01:40:00PM -0400, George Hunt wrote: Thanks Xavier, The first reference looks best for my purposes -- but maybe more practical than I was hoping for. (I ordered it online, and shipped to my NYC address). I'm really wanting to find a book that starts from the beginning: 1. What is a conductor, an insulator? 2. What is a circuit, DC, AC 3. What does a battery do? 4. What is a electromagnet? How is a magnet used to generate AC? 5. Why does a capacitor store a charge? 6. Why transformers? What do they do? Concepts of current, voltage, resistance, power. 7. ETC. . . Maybe Tony Foster's idea of using the XO and turtle art is where I'll have to go in the end. At least I see real benefit in hands on experimentation. George Sameer did a video on Youtube with his kids making a lemon battery -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux ==.| http://kevix.myopenid.com..| | : :' : The Universal OS| mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/.| | `. `' http://www.debian.org/.| http://counter.li.org [#238656]| |___`-Unless I ask to be CCd,.assume I am subscribed._| Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. -- Rich Kulawiec ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Basic Electricity Text in French?
Bonjour George, I can recommand different textbooks in french for electricity and eyrolles is a major french publisher technical books : they have a famous book about basic electricity : http://www.eyrolles.com/BTP/Livre/electricite-mode-d-emploi-9782501072601 a list of different books related to electricity : http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Recherche/?q=%E9lectricit%E9xd=ntq3nol9d7gftf21dvtvmuv1p2 for solar panel installation in remote areas : http://www.eyrolles.com/Sciences/Livre/photovoltaique-alimentation-electrique-autonome-de-sites-isoles-9782866611811 installation electriqueÃ: http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Recherche/?q=installation+electrique another basic installation of electrical networks: http://www.eyrolles.com/BTP/Livre/les-installations-electriques-9782862275888 Tell me if that fits your/their needs and we can exchange w/ them if they want a specific topic book. cheers, Xavier Carcelle. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:09:25PM -0400, George Hunt wrote: 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 ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Basic Electricity Text in French?
Thanks Xavier, The first reference looks best for my purposes -- but maybe more practical than I was hoping for. (I ordered it online, and shipped to my NYC address). I'm really wanting to find a book that starts from the beginning: 1. What is a conductor, an insulator? 2. What is a circuit, DC, AC 3. What does a battery do? 4. What is a electromagnet? How is a magnet used to generate AC? 5. Why does a capacitor store a charge? 6. Why transformers? What do they do? Concepts of current, voltage, resistance, power. 7. ETC. . . Maybe Tony Foster's idea of using the XO and turtle art is where I'll have to go in the end. At least I see real benefit in hands on experimentation. George On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Xavier Carcelle carcellel...@free.frwrote: Bonjour George, I can recommand different textbooks in french for electricity and eyrolles is a major french publisher technical books : they have a famous book about basic electricity : http://www.eyrolles.com/BTP/Livre/electricite-mode-d-emploi-9782501072601 a list of different books related to electricity : http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Recherche/?q=%E9lectricit%E9xd=ntq3nol9d7gftf21dvtvmuv1p2 for solar panel installation in remote areas : http://www.eyrolles.com/Sciences/Livre/photovoltaique-alimentation-electrique-autonome-de-sites-isoles-9782866611811 installation electriqueÃ: http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Recherche/?q=installation+electrique another basic installation of electrical networks: http://www.eyrolles.com/BTP/Livre/les-installations-electriques-9782862275888 Tell me if that fits your/their needs and we can exchange w/ them if they want a specific topic book. cheers, Xavier Carcelle. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:09:25PM -0400, George Hunt wrote: 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 ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Basic Electricity Text in French?
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 1:40 PM, George Hunt georgejh...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Xavier, The first reference looks best for my purposes -- but maybe more practical than I was hoping for. (I ordered it online, and shipped to my NYC address). I'm really wanting to find a book that starts from the beginning: 1. What is a conductor, an insulator? 2. What is a circuit, DC, AC 3. What does a battery do? 4. What is a electromagnet? How is a magnet used to generate AC? 5. Why does a capacitor store a charge? 6. Why transformers? What do they do? Concepts of current, voltage, resistance, power. 7. ETC. . . Maybe Tony Foster's idea of using the XO and turtle art is where I'll have to go in the end. At least I see real benefit in hands on experimentation. George George, For such basic concepts, you might be able to pull together a decent collection of Wikipedia articles to cover some theoretical ground. If you haven't tried the Book Creator tool in wikipedia, it is very easy to use and produces decent PDF and not quite as good ODT output from the list fo articles you select and organize. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Bookbookcmd=book_creator cjl ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Basic Electricity Text in French?
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,divbr/divdivWhile 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 divbr/divdivI 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./divdivbr /divdivCreole is the spoken language, but the instructional language is French and the students are easy with learning out of a book in french./divdivbr/divdivUnfortunately I don't know enough French to find equivalent sources on line, or available for purchase on the web.�/div divbr/divdivI did find open source basic electricity texts in english (though perhaps too verbose) as examples of what I think is needed:/divdivullia href=http://openbookproject.net/electricCircuits/index.htm;http://openbookproject.net/electricCircuits/index.htm/a/li lia href=http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/4_6/Electricity/dc_electricity.htm;http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/4_6/Electricity/dc_electricity.htm/a/lilia href=http://educypedia.karadimov.info/library/How_Electricity_Works.swf;http://educypedia.karadimov.info/library/How_Electricity_Works.swf/a/li /uldivThanks for help,/div/divdivbr/divdivGeorge/div ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
