For this project, we had to design and plan out a microgrid for our school. By doing this, we would independently produce energy that we would fully store and use on our own. Within a microgrid, you can use a variety of energy sources to reach your individual needs. Our group chose to add 900 new solar panels and one hydro turbine to our microgrid. We also decided to incorporate four Tesla batteries to store our energy and window shades on all classroom and library windows in order to conserve energy.

Electrostatic Force: The attraction or repulsion of two particles due their electric charge.

Inverse Square Law: The law that states that such as illumination or gravity grows inversely to the square distance from the source.

Coulombs: The unit of the electric charge.

Electric Circuit: The path where electrons from a voltage flow.

Voltage: The potential difference between two points in an electrical field.

Electric Current: The rate of flow in time of an electric charge.

Magnetic Field: The area around a magnet where there is an electric force.

Volts: The unit which voltage is measured in.

Amperes: A unit of electric current.

Electric Field: The area around a charged object that interacts with other charged objects.

Electric Potential: The amount of work needed to move a positive charge.

One thing that I exceeded during the electromagnet lab was communication with my peers as well as my teachers. I struggled a little in the beginning, but after communicating my troubles, I was quickly able to recover. I also had to use a lot of critical thinking in order to come up with the best possible solutions for our micro grid. There were so many different routes that we could've gone on for our micro grid. But, after reviewing our options, keeping in mind both costs and sensibility, we were able to use critical thinking to come up with the best and most efficient system.

On the other hand, during our micro grid project, I struggled a lot with communicating with one of my teammates. In our group of three, one of my teammates and I naturally worked very well with each other. I think this is also what contributed to the lack of communication with my other teammate. Although our project ended successfully, I think that it could've been even better with further allowing this teammate to fully bring all of his knowledge and talent to the table.