Spring 2003 Program - Ms. Oliver's 6th grade class, Thomas Jefferson Middle School
This is our 9th program in Rochester, NY. schools (class picture)
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| February 6 | Session #1 - Overview and Demonstrations
of Radio Services
- Outline and Expectations of our program - ?History of Radio? - VHF/UHF hands-on QSO's (break-out session) - Exploring the HF Bands & digital signals (break-out session) - Common and uncommon radios in our lives (break-out session) |
| February 13 | Session #2 - School Club Roundup
- IRLP & EchoLink schedules with other schools - HF and VHF schedules with other schools - Orientation to this session / debrief of QSO's |
| March 6 | Session #3 - Morse Code Key Construction
- Construct code key - Morse Code practice & intro to digital communications |
| March 13 | Session #4 - Rochester Museum & Science Center (process) |
| March 20 | Session #5 - Basic Electricity
- Electrostatic voltage demos - Voltage and Battery demos - Generator, solenoid, motor demos - Current flow and circuits |
| March 27 | Session #6 - Electronic Components
- Review of Volts, Current, Resistance - Introduce Resistance, Ohms Law, and VOM meter - Make thin film resistor and measure resistance - Capacitors description and demos - Demo 555 oscillator with resistor substitutions |
| April 3 | Session #7 - Construct Siren/Oscillator
- Soldering practice - Complete the Siren/Oscillator project - Morse Code fun |
| April 10 | SSession #8 - Harris RF Communications (field trip pic) |
| April 24 | Session #9 - How the Siren/Oscillator
works
- Schematic, Block Diagram, Resistor substitution demo - Loudspeaker - Microphone - Amplifier - Audio Oscillator and Oscilloscope |
| May 1 | Session #10 - Grand Finale
- ISS and Satellite presentation - Other uses of the Siren/Oscillator - ATV video conference - Feedback and farewells |
