For this project we were assigned to make a microgrid that would power, and generate money for the school of San Marin. We got our knowledge to complete this project from multiple lectures in class, and with our visit to the Stone Edge Farm. We researched for blue prints of our school, so we could locate where to place objects for our micro-grid. We had to research and note how much our micro-grid will cost, and how much we wil profit from it .

Evidence of Work:

Electromagnetic Lab Write Up Microgrid Presentation Document

Electricy Generation Document Solar Pannels/ Wind Turbines used heavily in project

Vocabulary:

Electrostatic force: Electrostatic forces are attractive or repulsive forces between particles that are caused by their electric charges and magnetic fields.

Charge: The property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form.

Electric current: Is the rate of flow of electric charge past a point or region.

Voltage: An electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts.

Volts: The SI unit of electromotive force, the difference of potential that would drive one ampere of current against one ohm resistance.

Magnetic field: A region around a magnetic material or a moving electric charge within which the force of magnetism acts.

Electric field: A region around a charged particle or object within which a force would be exerted on other charged particles or objects.

Reflection:

This project was overall a very fun, but challenging project. It helped me mature as a students in multiple ascpects. Two of them are collaberation and communication. I worked with our group to help determine costs, profits and helped blueprint our setup for our microgrid. I also helped our group split up work loads so we could finish our project in time. Two areas I could show improvement in are my creativity and critical thinking. I could have been more creative by making a more complex microgrid blueprint. I also could have shown more critical thinking if I could have improved efficency and maximized profits from our microgird.