In the spring of 2009 I worked with students at Lick-Wilmerding High School to design and create inexpensive electronics kits with experiment instructions for use by science teachers in Afghanistan. The project was conceived after a chance encounter with Marianne O' Grady at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum during the 2008 "Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul" exhibition. Marianne runs an NGO called "School is Open" which has the mission of delivering much needed science supplies and training to teachers in rural Afghanistan. Thirty of these kits were created and donated to "School is Open" for delivery and use in Afghanistan.
The kits contain breadboards and a variety of parts for basic experiments. They are coupled with primarily visual instructions. Each kit has two AA rechargeable batteries and a 3v solar panel for charging.
A special thank you to Marianne O' Grady for delivering, explaining the kits, and taking the upper photos.. Please visit her site and blog; She is doing amazing (and dangerous) work! Thank you also to Carrie Maslow for assisting on the facilitation of the project.
If you would like more information please email me : femur@extrasleepy.com. Also, view the other projects.
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