Today's activities

Dave, Dawn, Sahrin, and myself met with Dr. Rudi Thompson this morning regarding project progress & proposed tech fest activities.  I am very proud to say that Dr. Rudi liked our proposed activity for tech fest enough that she wants to add it as a permanent activity for children who visit EESAT.  Kuddos Dave for thinking of such a fun CO2 activity.

We also have more direction on proposed testing for our VOC monitoring.  We will gather supplies for our mini-building and test our ideas regarding the effects of different materials on VOCs.  Current suggestions include concrete cinder blocks (un painted & painted), sheet rock (un painted & painted), carpet, ceiling tiles, brick, tile flooring, laminate flooring, and wood (either flooring or paneling for walls).  We will also test using plants to check for variations.  It will be interesting to see the results.

We are also going to use a smaller container (maybe a Homer Bucket) with a lid that seals better than the container we currently use for a test room.  We will have to work out the issue of having the wires to the sensor (don't have battery operation worked out yet) not getting pinched or keeping the container from being as air tight as possible.

Dave is also working on a Prezi that is "out of sight" for our Friday Presentation meeting. 
Very Interesting and Entertaining for all!