St Marks -20 August 2014

The weather was still overcast with a slight breeze from the west. We noticed evidence of a Hydrogen Fuel Cell electrical backup system on the school property but sadly there was no electricity once again. The school was busy with some form of testing process but had agreed to release the Grades 4-7 learners for the demonstration.

I identified a perfect spot in the school playground to set up next to a raised veranda. The table was brought out along with the equipment and soon we were surrounded with in excess of 200 eager learners. Where we lost out on the solar panel and wind demonstration at previous schools they formed a natural build up hydrogen fuel cell component.

One noticeable difference between the smaller and the larger demonstrations is that it is more difficult to firstly notice the learners with potential and secondly to tag their questionnaires for future reference. There was one very bright young lady that was able to articulate her responses to the questions posed. She was also upset that I had not heard her offering suggestions as to how the output of the wind turbine could be increased.

Despite the language barriers I continue to be impressed by the eagerness to learn and the ability to interact with the demonstrations. Given the fact that five staff members were in attendance I am confident that they will continue to extend the content through recalling different aspect of the demonstration in their lessons no matter what subject they were teaching.