ARRL Education and Technology Program Kits and Projects
Schools can apply for a
kit that includes the course material on CD-ROM and one set of materials used
during the course (text, VOM, proto board, components). Schools should send
their request on school letterhead to:
ARRL Education and Technology Program
Attn: Mark Spencer, WA8SME
774 Eastside Rd.
Coleville, CA 96107
Individuals and clubs can
request a copy of the course materials on CD-ROM. Simply make your request via
e-mail to mspencer@arrl.org. Include
your mailing address.
This page lists links to Education and Technology
Program kits and projects that teachers
may find helpful in their individual programs.
The list will be updated periodically as new projects are developed and
made available.
- Modulation Demonstration Board
The purpose of this board is to give the instructor a ready
instructional resource to support lesson presentations in wave fundamentals and
modulation. The board would be used in conjunction with a projection
capable oscilloscope and an external audio amplifier during platform
instruction of the concepts.
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School Fox Hunting Activity ... Outdoors Exercise with
Wireless Technology
Radio Direction Finding (RDF) or Fox Hunting is a popular
spring and summer activity for many schools. It combines the fun of ham radio
and wireless technology with outdoor activity and competition.
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The Transistor Amplifier and Waveform Exploration Board can be a very
flexible instructional resource for teachers and ham radio instructors. The
utility of this activity board goes beyond its intended purpose; introduce
students to fundamental waveforms and allow students to explore the transistor
as an amplifier.
- The Basic Electronics
Course is intended for those teachers and instructors that want a ready
resource that they can adapt to their instruction of electronic fundamentals.
The materials include a PowerPoint presentation [18,991,104 bytes] and instructor's script [11,344,896 bytes]. The
course is designed around affordable components, prototyping board, and VOM and
uses Understanding Basic Electronics as the associated text.
Kits including all instructional components and course CD may be purchased from ARRL.
Schools can apply for a
kit that includes the course material on CD-ROM and one set of materials used
during the course (text, VOM, proto board, components). Schools should send
their request on school letterhead to:
ARRL Education and Technology Program
Attn: Mark Spencer, WA8SME
225 Main St.
Newington, CT 06111
Individuals and clubs can
request a copy of the course materials on CD-ROM. Simply make your request via
e-mail to mspencer@arrl.org. Include
your mailing address.
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PDA/Handheld
Wireless Link Demonstration Project
The purpose of this project is to give teachers some ideas that they can use to
help their students to understand what happens in today's wireless link
systems. Handheld wireless devices have
hit the mainstream in a big way.
Wireless linked cellular telephone systems and linked Personal Data Assistance
(PDAs) and palm sized computers are becoming common place. But behind these unassuming technologies are
some pretty sophisticated hardware and software. Through a project similar to the one described here, students can
get a better appreciation of what they hold in their hands.
- Satellite Tracker Interface
Bringing space into the classroom
is an incredibly powerful learning experience for students. The marriage between wireless technology
literacy and space literacy is a strong one that produces a portfolio of
activities that can engage virtually all students at some ability and interest
level.
- Basic Stamp Seismometer
- Seismograph Revisited
-
No Solder CPO
This project is intended to show teachers and students how to use a simple
technique for building a circuit using a wooden board and wood screws to make
circuit connections. A circuit diagram
is sized and copied to a sheet of paper that is pasted or taped to a wooden
board. These links give more detail:
- No Solder Electronic
Organ
This is a follow-on project similar to the No Solder CPO, but uses more
complicated circuits to build a rudimentary electronic organ.
- Activity Board.
This is the first in a series of project
kits that are offered for schools. This
board includes the 5 building blocks of electronics and a digital fundamentals
section. There is suggested curriculum
that goes along with the board. The
first round of kits has been sent to schools, a second round of kits is planned
for 2005.
- L/C/R Board
This board is designed to help the teacher to cover the fundamentals of
inductive and capacitive reactance and resonance. The board requires the use of a volt meter that will measure RMS
voltages and currents. An oscilloscope
is also helpful. The level of math
required to use the experiments of this board is approximately Algebra II and
there is heavy dependence of graphing calculator curve fitting techniques.
- TV
Remote Decoder Board
This board is intended to help the teacher instruct student on how the common
TV remote control works. The board
combined with an oscilloscope will allow the students to see the binary stream
waveform being sent by the remote control using infra red light. The board decodes keys from the remote to
turn on and off relays that in turn can be used to switch on and off other
devices. Once the students understand
the operation of the remote control, the teacher can encourage them to invent
something using the board.
- Receiver Kit
This kit includes a simple receiver
kit that the teacher can build, and may elect to duplicate for individual student construction. More importantly,
there is a curriculum available that details what is happening within
the receiver at the block level and at the component level.
- ARISS Antenna and Satellite Antenna Tracking Interface
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