ROCHESTER AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION

Spring 1999 Program

We completed a highly successful program with Mr. Shade's 5th grade class at Theodore Roosevelt School #43 in Rochester.  The 28 students went on 3 field trips, participated in 4 class room demonstration sessions and spent 3 sessions building their own Morse code key and siren/oscillator. About 25 different hams participated at various levels with 6 hams actually in the class room.
 

DATE ACTIVITY
January 20  Session #1 - Overview of Radio Services      (pictures)
- Outline and Expectations of the program
- Exploring the HF Bands
- Exploring the VHF/UHF bands
- Common and uncommon radios in our lives
February 3 Session #2 - Field Trip - Channel 10 TV  (pictures)  WHEC TV
February 10 Session #3 - Morse Code Key Construction
- Construct code key
- Morse Code practice
February 24 Session #4 - Basic Electricity (Zipped pictures)

            - Electrostatic voltage demos
            - Voltage, Battery, generator demos
            - Current flow and circuits
            - Resistance with symbols & examples 
 
March 3 Session #5 - Electronic Components (Zipped pictures)

            - Review of Volts, Current, Resistance
            - Introduce Ohms Law, and VOM meter
            - Make thin film resistor and measure resistance
            - Capacitors description and demos
            - Demo 555 oscillator with resistor substitutions
 
March 17 Session #6 - Microwave Data Systems field trip (Zipped pictures)
March 24 Session #7 - RG&E Radio and Energy Control Center field trip  (Zipped pictures)
March 31 Session #8 - Construct Siren/Oscillator (Zipped pictures)

          - Soldering
          - Complete the Siren/Oscillator project
          - Morse Code fun
 
April 7 Session #9 - How the Siren/Oscillator works (Zipped pictures)

           - Schematic, Block Diagram, Resistor substitution demo
           - Loudspeaker 
           - Microphone
           - Amplifier
           - Audio Oscillator and Oscilloscope
 
April 14 Session #10 - "From Sparks to Spaceships" (Zipped pictures)
- Radio history presentation: "From Sparks to Spaceships"
- Demo a spark gap transmitter
- Amateur TV demo with SSB 2 meter audio
- "Archie" comic book
- Feedback and evaluation of the program
Options Lesson plans developed but not used:
- Binary math concept and game - Peter Fournia
- History of radio - John Wioka or Ed Gable
- Antique Wireless Assoc. tour & demos - Ed Gable
- Amateur Radio Classes

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December 26, 1999