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• Promote the initiative to other partners
• Foster the creation of new kits by members of the network
• Organize events (invention parties, gathering at IDDS, science fair track, etc.)

Meeting Notes

• 3 October 2011 (D-Lab)

Upcoming Activities

• 5/6 November 2011 (exact details t.b.d.) - Curriculum Development Session

Project lists

D-Lab

• http://d-lab.mit.edu/projects
• http://d-lab.mit.edu/projects/150
• http://d-lab.mit.edu/resource

Practical Energy Network (science clubs for secondary school students)

• http://practicalenergynetwork.com/
• http://pen-ed.com/

MITs Edgerton Center (hands-on fun)

• http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/outreach/

Arvind Gupta's Toys (toys made out of trash and everyday materials)

• http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/toys.html

Potential projects to start building kits from

• Making charcoal out of agricultural waste (biomass)
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  • http://d-lab.mit.edu/resources (several resources under charcoal)
  • http://www.pen-ed.com/doku.php/lessons/charcoal/pitchhttp://www.pen-ed.com/doku.php/lessons/charcoal/pitch
  • http://www.pen-ed.com/doku.php/lessons/charcoal/evaluations/2011-07-27

• Making saltwater batteries out of cans and bottles
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  • Aluminium_Battery_Report_1.1.doc
  • http://www.pen-ed.com/doku.php/lessons/battery/teachers.guide

• Phase change incubator
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-change_incubator
  • Diagram: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/green-energy/4273679
  • Paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111905/

Other

• • Bicycle-powered cell phone charger
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    • http://globalcyclesolutions.com/products/
    • http://www.pen-ed.com/doku.php/lessons/bikecharger/pitch
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• • Making mini savonius wind turbines made of plastic bottles:
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    • http://www.re-energy.ca/wind-turbine
    • http://www.pen-ed.com/doku.php/lessons/alternator/pitch
  • Learning circuits through building LED flashlights:
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    • http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/outreach/ACT_FB.htmlhttp://web.mit.edu/edgerton/outreach/ACT_FB.html
    • Flashlight Handouts - 08.doc
  • Making mini biogas digestors made of plastic bottles:
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    •  lab3.docx
  • Learning circuits through making Quizboards ( educational tool) tools
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    • http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/outreach/ACT_QB.htmlhttp://web.mit.edu/edgerton/outreach/ACT_QB.html
    • QB- student sheet.pdfQB- student sheet.pdf
    • QB- teacher-09.pdf
  • http://www.instructables.com

References

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• This article from 2010 discusses the potential role of research institutes to enrich school science, demystify health research in the communities in which they work, and encourage future generations of scientists and health workers. It focuses on the work of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust programme (KEMRI-WTP) in Kilifi, Kenya.http://www.comminitpopularmechanics.com/technology/africaengineering/content/promoting-science-schools-research-institutes-play-their-partgonzo/4273674

•  Handbook: Organise a Project for Public Understanding of Science
  By Joanna Deridder, Raphaële Nisin, and Marie-Lise Sabrié
  This handbook, produced by the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) in 2006, offers information about how to carry out projects to encourage public understanding of science and technology. It is designed to cater for those who have little or no experience of science outreach activity management and who wish to set up a project, and will be useful for people involved in associations, non-governmental organisations, cultural activities and organisations in the arts, health, environment, schooling, and sciences. The handbook was designed especially to assist project initiators and their partners in Africa taking part in the programme Promotion de la Culture Scientifique Et Technique, run by the IRD on behalf of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.http://www.comminitpopularmechanics.com/technology/africaengineering/content/handbook-organise-project-public-understanding-sciencegonzo/4273680

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