harbour school wins the jane goodall roots & shoots award deck
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http://scoutbots.com/blogs/news/15862405-scoutbots-hong-kong-harbour-school-students-win-the-jane-goodall-roots-shoots-award Since the summer of 2014 Cesar Harada (Scoubots & Protei CEO) has been teaching every saturdays at the Hong Kong Harbour School one of the most inclusive and forward school in Hong Kong. The first project Harada taught was about Ocean Plastic Pollution [http://www.instructables.com/id/Remote-Controlled-Optical-Plastic-Sensor/]. Harada and his team of 10 students won today (Nov 21st) the Jane Goodall Roots and Shoots Award. See our research documented in our wiki : http://wiki.scoutbots.com/home/research/ocean-plastic-debris-optical-sensorTRANSCRIPT
BRANDON LARA
HECTOR MAX
ALEXANDER RICCARDO
AIYANA MATTEO
AKASHA CESAR & JAY (teachers)
Ocean PlasticOptical Sensor
The plastic problem is OUR problem
Manta Trawl
IDEAS FOR MACHINES TO COUNT PLASTIC PARTICLES IN THE OCEAN
BRAINSTORMING
GETTING SUPPLIES INSHAM SHUI PO
THE FIRST STEP… BUILD THE WORKBENCH
BUILDING OUR DESIGN
water in
camera
black cover for reflection
water outLEDs
OUR INVENTION
TESTING THE BOAT
SUCCESS!
ANALYSING THE RESULTS OF OUR EXPERIMENT
See our discussion on: http://www.instructables.com/id/Remote-Controlled-Optical-Plastic-Sensor/
What Did We Learn?
1. Science is HARD work.
2. We learned by trial
and error.
3. Working as a team.
How can YOU help?
1. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
2. Find solutions using your creativity and ingenuity
3. Pass the message on
JOIN US IN THIS GLOBAL EFFORT!