Project Electron

Project Plan

Summary

Introduction ..................................................1

Objectives ....................................................2

Needed Resources ......................................3

Registration form .........................................4

Form of evaluation .......................................5

Schedule ......................................................6

Indicators of Success ..................................12

Rules ............................................................13

Photos………………………………………...14

Introduction

The project Electron arose from the initiative of the University of Brasiliab (UnB).

At the beginning of year 2012, the UnB Student Branch, received from the Electronic

Devices Society (EDS), educational kits of basic electronics (snap circuits - SR 750)

and, given the reality of the educational system in Brazil, the Student Branch decide to

use the kits t be instruments for dynamic classes of electronics on public schools. On Brazil, the public educational system has a lot to develop. The lack of

investments on education on Brazil and makes exacts sciences unattractive and,

because of this, the number of high school students that what to study engineering is

low as well the number of engineering student who complete the course and it is

already becoming a problem for the labor market in Brazil.

The proposal Unb Student Branch’s proposal was to use the kits received to

develop a project that takes up engineering out of university with a focus on public

school students so that they could see all the engineering and related sciences in a

manner distinct from that usually they are passed and thus can see, in engineering, a

feasible way of achieving professional and personal.

To achieve this purpose, the Branch developed classes of electronics to two

institutions in Brasilia: College Pompilio Marques de Souza, and in the college Centro

Educacional da Asa Norte (CEAN)

The project Electron has gone the event in Brasília called Feira Capital

Estudante which is one event that shows the possible college courses to high school

student showing electronics to students of the whole Brasilia. The project Electron has

gone, too, to the week of science and technology ( Semana de ciência e tecnologia)

where more students, of all ages, could enjoy eletronics.

Because of all this, the project Electron has won the prize of case of success on

the national meeting of IEEE’s student branches.

"Nobody is born ready,

It is by experiencing

ourselves in the world

That we do it. "

Paulo Freire

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Objectives

The Project Electron has the following objectives

General Objectives:

1 Regarding the host institution for the project:

1.1 Develop connection between high schools with universities

1.2 Make the teaching of sciences more dynamic

2. Regarding the IEEE Student Branch:

1.1 Promote activities of the Student Branch and IEEE.

1.2 Develop more interest on engineering student on becoming volunteers on the student

branch.

1.3 Expanding Student Branch connection with educational institutions and institutions

connected with the Brazilian education at the college level and high school level.

Specific Objectives:

1 Regarding the students participating in the project:

1.1 Expanding interest in the sciences and engineering

1.2 Guide the learning sciences related to electronics.

1.3 Develop interdisciplinary approach in order to know what are the relationships of the

acquired knowledge with other forms of knowledge and the practical life.

1.4 Develop a greater sense of group, responsibility and leadership.

1.5 Encourage entry into the engineering courses.

1.6 Develop the ability of independent learning and proactive character.

2 Regarding the volunteer teachers of the project:

2.1 Develop deeper theoretical and practical knowledge regarding electronics.

2.3 Develop effectively teaching skills.

2.4 Develop a greater sense of group, responsibility and leadership.

2.5 Develop the ability of independent learning and proactive character

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Needed Resources

To carry out the project on the receiving institution, it will take the following

resources:

● Material resources:

a One (1) EDS’s Kit of Electronics for each group of three (3) students

participating in the

b One (1) kit for development of electronic circuits on protoboard for each group of

three (3) students

c Laptops for students who do not possess to them be able to make Arduino’s

programs

d One (1) Arduino kit for each group of three (3) students

e Classrooms with one (1) bench for each group of three (3) students

f Slide Projector

g Table

h Chalk PR ink pen

i Eraser

j Registration Forms

● Non material resources:

k Two (2) volunteers teachers of the Student Branch of each class of twelve(12) to

twenty four( 24) student

l Two (2) to three (3) hours per week (excluding the time of preparing the

environment of the class) of the time of the student branch volunteers and the

students of the hosting institution distributed according to the convenience of

both.

m Support of the direction of the host institution.

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Registration Form

The registration form will be the submission delivered to students of the host institution

so that they can manifest, for the IEEE Student Branch, the desire to participate in the project

Electron.

The registration form will contain:

○ Summary of the Project activities

○ Schedule of the project

○ Rules of the project

○ Performance evaluation methods

○ Commitment Letter to be signed by the student pledging to effectively

participate in the project and respect the rules of the project

The registration form will ask the student the following information:

1 Full Name

2 Email

3 Facebook (if any) to join the group project ELECTRON, to disseminate news,

ask questions and socialize with peers and teachers

4 Pre-project research:

a. Interest in engineering or related sciences

No 0 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 Yes

b. Do you think you have good math knowledge?

No 0 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 Yes

c. Do you think you have a good knowledge of physics, specifically physics of electrical

and electronics?

No 0 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 Yes

d. You think you work well in a team?

No 0 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 Yes

e. Are you willing to study outside class?

No 0 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 Yes

5 Field for signature agreeing to the rules of the project

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Evaluation Form

To approve the project ELECTRON, students will be evaluated seconds the following

parameters:

1. Attendance in the classroom

2. Homework

3. Project (Group work)

4. Behavior

The proportion of each of these parameters is at the discretion of the volunteer teachers,

however should be given greater proportion of the final grade for the parameters Homework

and Attendance in classroom, since these parameters reveal directly the level of commitment

and effort of the student with the project Electron.

Attendance in the classroom is also a parameter for automatic failure. If the student,

without plausible justification, miss more than 25% (4 classes) he will get automatic failure.

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Schedule

The Project Electron Will follow the following Schedule:

Activity

WEEK

PRE-CLASS

PERIOD CLASS PERIOD

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND CLASS PERIOD

POST-CLASS

PERIOD

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Project promotion X X X X

Receipt of the registration forms X X

Aula X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Students projects planning X X X X X X X X X

Students projects presentation X X

Pre-Class Period

1 Project promotion: Activity designed to show students of the host institution in what the

project Electron consists and to deliver the registrations forms to the students. Apart

from exceptions, for educational instituions the promotion of the project will be done on

the class chedule of the institution.

2 Receipt of the registration forms : Students will have one week to deliver the

registration form signed.

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Class Period:

The class period is the period of teaching the basics of electronics. The contents herein

discriminated for each class are only guides for teachers and they can be freely modified by the

teacher, if necessary, though classes may never be superficial or flee the focus on electronics.

The contents that are to be covered on scientific concepts of electrical and electronics

must necessarily have an experiment that demonstrates in practice.

To better immersion of students in content, it is recommended that teachers tell the story

involved in all past content, so that they realize that everything developed by science was

developed by people like them.

During all new content classes that are passed, it should be passed fixing and exercises

and every 3 weeks should be reviewed and passed new exercises for fixing on anything seen

previously.

Class 1

● Contents to be covered :

1. Presentation of the project

2. Explanation of how the classes will be developed, experiments and projects

3. Explanation of the basic components of the kit EDS (wires, springs, plate, etc.)

4. History of science: the theory of the atom

5. Electric charges

6. Electric field

7. Electric Potential

8. Potential Difference

Class 2

● Contents to be covered :

1. Resolution of the exercises passed on previous class

2. Ohm's Law

3. Series Connection

4. Parallel Connection

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Class 3

● Contents to be covered :

1. Resolution of the past exercises in previous class

2. Laws of Kirshoff

3. Voltmeter

4. Amperemeter

Class 4

● Contents to be covered :

1. Resolution of the exercises passed on previous class

2. Review of previous lessons

3. Capacitors

4. Series connection of capacitors

5. Parallel connection of capacitors

Class 5

● Contents to be covered :

1. Resolution of the exercises passed on previous class

2. Magnetic Field

3. Transformers 3

4. Motors

Class 6

● Contents to be covered :

1. Resolution of the exercises passed on previous class

2. Transistors

3. Integrated Circuits

Class 7

● C Contents to be covered :

1. Resolution of the exercises passed on previous class

2. Review of previous lessons

3. Using the protoboard

4. Introduction to Algorithms

5. Circuit Hello Arduino with protoboard

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Class 8

● C Contents to be covered :

1. Resolution of the exercises passed on previous class

2. Circuits with Arduino

3. Discussion of possible projects to be produced by the students

Class 9

● C Contents to be covered :

1. Resolution of the exercises passed on previous class

2. Circuits with Arduino

3. Discussion of possible projects to be produced by the students

Class 10

● C Contents to be covered :

1 Resolução dos exercícios passados na aula anterior

2 Circuitos com Arduino

3 Discussão de possíveis projetos a serem produzidos pelos alunos

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Périodo de Aula e Desenvolvimento de Projeto

Period focused on developing projects chosen by the students, using the concepts

learned about electronics.

For development projects, encourages the union of electronics with the preferential

personal knowledge of the students about to produce interdisciplinary content and encourage

student interest in the development of projects. Moreover, it is also encouraged to execute

projects midlevel easy, since the short time available.

Classes 1 and 2

● Contents to be covered :

1. Projects discussion

2. Teaching new concepts necessary for the execution of projects

3. Production of projects

Classes 3 and 4

● Contents to be covered :

1. Projects discussion

2. Teaching new concepts necessary for the execution of projects

3. Project presentation training

Aula 5

● Contents to be covered :

1. Final Project discussion

2. Project presentation training

3. Project Conclusion: Final words

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a) Post-Class Period:

Presentation of student projects: The students presented to other students of the host

institution, at times combined with the direction of the host institution.

Fill, by students participating in the project, the post-project survey (same pre-research

project):

Interest in engineering or related sciences

No 0 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 Yes

b. Do you think you have good math knowledge?

No 0 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 Yes

c. Do you think you have a good knowledge of physics, specifically physics of electrical

and electronics?

No 0 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 Yes

d. You think you work well in a team?

No 0 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 Yes

e. Are you willing to study outside class?

No 0 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 Yes

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Indicators of Success

The indicators of project Electron success are those that reveal growth in interest in the area

of exact sciences study and accurate understanding of them by the students, so the indicators

are:

Differentiation of responses in surveys pre-and post-project

Quality of the projects developed by student group

Notes of students in the project Electron

Growth of notes in exact sciences

Growth in the number of students interested in studying sciences on the college

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Rules

Article 1: Students and teachers will be dealing with mutual respect

Article 2: Teachers and students must fulfill its commitments, unless unforeseen events that

should be reported immediately

Article 3: Teachers should be committed to high quality teaching classes, ie taking into account

students' difficulties, solved them if possible with a doable pace to reality educational institution

receiving

Article 4: Students undertake not to damage IEEE Student Branch’s property as well the host

institution’s property .

Article 5: In the event of damage to the host institution's assets or equity of the IEEE Student

Branch lack of responsibility by the students responsible should compensate the damage with

the corresponding material or repairing or paying with cash or other form of agreement between

the parts.

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Photos

1: Students of CEAN high school on the Electron project class

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2: Students of CEAN

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3: Students of the Pompilio Marques de Souza High School

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4: EDS's kits of eletronics on UnB Campus

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5: UnB Student Branch Volunteer explain the basics of a circuit

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6: Kids with the EDS kit on the week of science and technology on Brasilia

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7: students on Pompilio Marques de Souza discovering how eletronics works

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8: students on Pompilio Marques de Souza discovering Arduino

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9: Project Electron on the Feira Capital Estudante (Capital Student Fair)

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10: Project Electron on the Feira Capital Estudante 2 (Capital Student Fair)

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