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This is a page for conveying homework assignments for Practivistas Dominicana Appropriate Technology courses from May 23rd to July 4th, 2015. Assignments are due before class starts on the day denoted below.

Tentative calendar[edit | edit source]

Week 1 - May 25, 2015[edit | edit source]

1 - lunes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: US and Program introductions, Experiences in country so far, Getting around, Cultural norms, Syllabus design, Paperwork, Schedule, Shirt size, Expectations, Emergency procedures, A little about AT, Group Introductions (uno a uno)

1 - martes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Appropriate Technologies (ppts y paginas), Appropedia

Assignments due

Read Mundane Science article and Appropedia pages:
Write three sentences, a haiku, or draw a diagram about one of these projects.
On the same piece of paper, write a paragraph or draw a diagram combining all of these projects.

1 - miércoles[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Microhydro and Appropriate Technology

Assignments due

read the notes at Jottings on appropriate technology on differing definitions of Appropriate Technology and write a draft of your personal definition.
Make/update your Appropedia user page
Add one relevant construction, renewable energy, appropriate technology, or engineering word to Practivistas Dominicana/vocabulary

1 - jueves[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Mas AT examples, Microhdyro intro, Las Malvinas Fieldtrip

Assignments due

Find and record a photo and location for each of two local example ATs from Santo Domingo in groups of two
- For each of the two topics, answer the following, preferably in Spanish:
  - Brief description such as type and application.
  - Location (address or coordinates)
  - Justification as Appropriate Technology based on a definition of AT.
  - Issues with its appropriateness based on a definition of AT.
  - Notes, such as phone number, if applicable.
Post your AT examples to Practivistas Dominicana/AT Gallery. Wait until after you do your userpage for instructions on how.

1 - viernes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Projects, Microhydro, Objective, Criteria, Literature Review

Assignments due

Read:
- Microhydro power
- http://www.microhydropower.net/ - Check out their case studies (under the resources pull down window). Avoid their theory sections.
- http://web.archive.org/web/20120625055734/https://homepower.com/basics/hydro/ - Great basics of microhydro from Home Power magazine.
Draw a diagram of a basic microhydro system with labels in spanish or english.

1 - sabado[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Ghetto2Garden fieldtrip meet at UNIBE at 9am

1 - domingo[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Mothers Day

Week 2 - June 1, 2015[edit | edit source]

2 - lunes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Microhydro, AT, Criteria

Assignments due

Copy and paste the template into your page:
- Practivistas Dominicana/Page template and criteria
- Practivistas solar 2015 (you will also update previous pages, and probably eventually make a new one for LM)
- Las Malvinas hullkrete 2015 (you will also update previous pages)
- Las Malvinas Botica Popular 2015
- Arroyo Norte waste plastic innovation
Populate section for Opportunity definition aka Problem statement
Create section for Literature Review
- RESEARCH! Minimum of 8 hours. Due before class.

2 - martes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Criteria, Microhydro, Work in communities after class. LM before 4pm, AN probably at 5pm, Solar check.

Assignments due

Populate subsection for Criteria

2 - miércoles[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Las Malvinas work trip, all afternoon to evening

Assignments due

Recalculate P_net for the MH system from class today, but using 3" pipe
- Q_max=200GPM
- H_static=43 ft
- run=280ft
- %take=0.5
- e=0.83
Calculate P_max (very easy) and compare to P_net2.5 (from class) and P_net3 (from #1)
Add one word related to Practivistas to Practivistas Dominicana/vocabulary
Read https://web.archive.org/web/20100707092413/http://sgp.undp.org/download/SGP_DominicanRepublic2.pdf, http://web.archive.org/web/20101215151358/http://dominicantoday.com/dr/technology/2010/8/11/36616/Jarabacoa-village-gets-two-micro-hydroelectric-stations and HSU Chiapas micro hydro feasibility study.

2 - jueves[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Microhydro fieldtrip meet at UNIBE at 9am

2 - viernes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Syllabus, Project planning, quiz review

Assignments due

Calculations from Lab

2 - sabado[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Field trip meet at UNIBE at 7am.

2 - domingo[edit | edit source]

Arrive in afternoon get more work done!

Week 3 - June 8, 2015[edit | edit source]

3 - lunes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Projects, Electricity, check in, Quiz

3 - martes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Teams, Chindogu

Assignments due

3 - miércoles[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: more electricity, Timeline, Budget

Assignments due

Read Electricity basics

3 - jueves[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Projects and alternative solutions

Assignments due

Add Abstract and background section at top of document. See Practivistas Dominicana/Page template and criteria for more guidance on tentative grading criteria.
add starting Budget to Appropedia page. See Help:Table examples#Cost Table.
add timeline to Appropedia page
- minimum requirement: La Yuca schoolroom renovation#Proposed Timeline
- Gantt chart style (this was for just one of that team's projects): La Yuca small scale renewable energy 2012#Timeline
- More of what you want to eventually have: Las Malvinas ecoladrillo schoolroom 2012/Timeline, Las Malvinas botica popular hullkrete 2013#Timeline, Las Malvinas botica popular ecoladrillo 2013#Timeline


== Abstract ==

<center>''Short abstract describing the project from background to conclusion''</center>

== Background ==

Describe the background of the project. Make sure to cover who, what, why, when and where…

3 - viernes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Power, energy, finishing electricty

Assignments due

Circuits handout

3 - sabado[edit | edit source]

Project fieldwork day

3 - domingo[edit | edit source]

Project fieldwork day

Week 4 - June 15, 2015[edit | edit source]

4 - lunes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Solar

Assignments due

Find an error in HowStuffWorks Hydropower (no more than 30 minutes. Bring in on a scrap of paper.)
electrical energy audit for your house (US, RD, wherever). Email to TAs.

4 - martes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Frustration and community projects, finding next steps, engaging

Assignments due

Solar panel sizing. Design a panel that is 18 V and approximately 20 W using 2.5" x 1" cells.
And the one from class.

4 - miércoles[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Field work, finishing solar, starting sustainable construction, Solar sizing

4 - jueves[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Building to last, Failures

4 - viernes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Building, electricity and energy quiz review, next steps

Assignments due

For the following questions assume PV panels with 15% efficiency, BOS efficiency of 90%, and that we are building in Arcata:
1. A 2kW PV system takes up how much area?
2. Calculate the total cost of that 2kW system.
3. Calculate the total yearly energy delivered to the house from that 2kW PV system.
4. You see a different house with about 300 square feet of solar panels. How much energy are they producing on a daily basis? Does this seem reasonable (why or why not).
If you have a 100W radio that needs to be running 12 hours per day in Arcata, calculate the size of solar array you will need so that you will have net zero energy for (a) the month of February, (b) the month of July, (c) the year.
More

4 - sabado[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Beach day

4 - domingo[edit | edit source]

Project work

Assignments due:

Project update on Appropedia

Week 5 - June 22, 2015[edit | edit source]

5 - lunes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Permaculture, Coco, Fair Trade, etc.

Assignments due

215 students must use a CAD program such as ACAD (free for students) or Google Sketchup (free and easy to learn)
Start describing your solution and building process using photos. Use Template:How to like at How to build Geared-Up From the Feet-Up and Poly Pod Instructions.
Start storyboarding your video.
Make sure that you have added at least one useful link per team and one vocabulary word related to appropriate technology per person at HSU Dominicana/shared resources.

5 - martes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Short lecture, finding your internal fuel for the final push All day work day.

5 - miércoles[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Finishing solar, review for quiz, starting natural building and heat

Assignments due

This assignment is (the rare) one per team, with all of your names on it. A table relating your project to the 12 Principles of Permaculture. It should have a column for the guidelines, a column for what you are already doing to meet that principle, and a column of what you could do better or in the future to meet that principle. The only way to receive a 10 would be to rock the assignment and include image(s), emailed to the TAs and Lonny, from your project that describe how your project meets various principles.

5 - jueves[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Short lecture, building to last

5 - viernes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Quiz on energy, More natural building, Planning for last weekend of work

Week 6 - June 29, 2015[edit | edit source]

6 - lunes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Presentations, Finishing up, Heat

Assignments due

Appropedia page - more updates, design, maintenance, etc.

6 - martes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Rainwater and Appropriate Technology

Assignments due

6 - miércoles[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: heat, Presentation and Appropriate Technology - Prepare for Friday's presentation

Assignments due

Heat needed to maintain the temperature daily in BTU/day.

Using the following assumptions:
- Wall: 14 ft²*^oF*hr/BTU
- Window: 0.9 ft²*^oF*hr/BTU
- Door: 2.3 ft²*^oF*hr/BTU
- Roof: 35 ft²*^oF*hr/BTU
- Avg T_out: 36 ^oF
- Avg T_in: 70 ^oF
- Room: 14' x 20' x 12' (tall)
- 3 Windows: 3' x 2'
- 1 Door: 8' x 3'

Practice presentations
Final draft of Appropedia page, before final feedback. You will have final feedback by the end of Friday. See Friday for more information.

6 - jueves[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: quiz on heat, building, and permaculture, Presentations in Las Malvinas

Assignments due

~~How much water can a 2000 ft^2 house catch, with a metal roof, in Santo Domingo in an average June?~~
Printout of presentation (6 slides per page)
Digital version of powerpoint

6 - viernes[edit | edit source]

Topics covered: Delta Plus, Decompression, Etc.

Family Lunch/Ceremony at UNIBE 11:30am
Class at 2pm
Presentations at UNIBE at 5pm

Assignments due (Please try to finish by Sunday night, but all are due by next Friday at midnight PST)

Final quiz (this will come by email on Saturday, please only open once ready to take the quiz)
1. Email the quiz back using reply all (this will automatically include the TAs and me, but not the other students)
Final writeup (This is your completed Appropedia page.)
Final peer evaluation
- Please grade yourself and your teammates on your project.
- Make one short paragraph for each person (including yourself). State the letter grade deserved and be thorough on your justification. Your final project grades are affected by this peer evaluation.
- Please also include any program/project feedback that you are comfortable with me sharing openly.
- Email it to me, with the subject "Practivistas: YOUR NAME-Peer Evaluation" (replacing the ALLCAPS with your actual name).
Final video
- As discussed, a short (1 to 5 minutes) video that is some combination of inspirational and instructional (how to make and or maintain). You can pick the combination that suits your project best, or make separate shorter videos for each.
- On windows try the built-in Movie Maker, or the free and simple FreeMake, or the free and complex/full featured Handbrake.
Thank you notes
- You do not need to turn these in to me. If you have emails of people you would like to thank, please do so before Saturday.
If you haven't already, make sure you submit your co-teach.

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-==Week 1 - May 26, 2014==
+== Week 1 - May 25, 2015 ==
-===1 - lunes===
-Topics covered: US and Program introductions, Experiences in country so far, Getting around, Cultural norms, Syllabus design, Paperwork, A little about AT, Group Introductions (uno a uno)
+=== 1 - lunes ===
+Topics covered: US and Program introductions, Experiences in country so far, Getting around, Cultural norms, Syllabus design, Paperwork, Schedule, Shirt size, Expectations, Emergency procedures, A little about AT, Group Introductions (uno a uno)
+=== 1 - martes ===
-===1 - martes===
 Topics covered: Appropriate Technologies (ppts y paginas), Appropedia
 ;Assignments due
-#Read Mundane Science article and Appropedia pages:
-#*[[La Yuca rainwater catchment 2013]]
-#*[[Las Malvinas rainwater catchment system]]
-#*[[Ghetto2Garden solar power]]
-#*[[La Yuca schoolroom renovation]]
-#*[[Las Malvinas botica popular ecoladrillo 2013]]
-#*[[Las Malvinas botica popular hullkrete 2013]]
-===1 - miércoles===
+# Read Mundane Science article and Appropedia pages:
-Topics covered:  Microhydro and Appropriate Technology
+#* [[La Yuca rainwater catchment 2013]]
+#* [[Las Malvinas rainwater catchment system]]
+#* [[Ghetto2Garden solar power]]
+#* [[La Yuca schoolroom renovation]]
+#* [[Las Malvinas botica popular ecoladrillo 2013]]
+#* [[Las Malvinas botica popular hullkrete 2013]]
+#* [[La Yuca rainwater 2014]]
+#* [[La Yuca renewable energy 2014]]
+#* [[Las Malvinas destacamento]]
+#* [[Hullkrete and fiber-crete]]
+#* [[Las Malvinas rainwater 2014]]
+#* [[Las Malvinas rainwater feasibility study 2014]]
+#* [[Las Malvinas community center shade]]
+#* [[Ghetto2Garden renewable energy 2014]]
+#* [[Arroyo Norte sustainable market materials]]
+# Write three sentences, a haiku, or draw a diagram about one of these projects.
+# On the same piece of paper, write a paragraph or draw a diagram combining all of these projects.
+=== 1 - miércoles ===
+Topics covered: Microhydro and Appropriate Technology
 ;Assignments due
-#read the notes at [[Jottings on appropriate technology]] on differing definitions of Appropriate Technology.
-#Make/update your [[Practivistas_Dominicana/Make_userpage_assignment|Appropedia user page]]
-#Add one relevant construction, renewable energy, appropriate technology, or engineering word to [[Practivistas Dominicana/vocabulary]]
-===1 - jueves===
+# read the notes at [[Jottings on appropriate technology]] on differing definitions of Appropriate Technology and write a draft of your personal definition.
-Topics covered: Charcoal, AT examples
+# Make/update your [[Practivistas Dominicana/Make userpage assignment|Appropedia user page]]
+# Add one relevant construction, renewable energy, appropriate technology, or engineering word to [[Practivistas Dominicana/vocabulary]]
+=== 1 - jueves ===
-;Assignments due
+Topics covered: Mas AT examples, Microhdyro intro, Las Malvinas Fieldtrip
-#Read:
-#*[[Microhydro power]]
-#* http://www.microhydropower.net/ - Check out their case studies (under the resources pull down window). Avoid their theory sections.
-#* http://www.homepower.com/basics/hydro/ - Great basics of microhydro from Home Power magazine.
 ;Assignments due:
-#Find and record a photo and location for each of two local example ATs from Santo Domingo in groups of four
-#*For each of the two topics, answer the following, preferably in Spanish:
+# Find and record a photo and location for each of two local example ATs from Santo Domingo in groups of two
+#* For each of the two topics, answer the following, preferably in Spanish:
 #** Brief description such as type and application.
 #** Location (address or coordinates)
 #** Justification as Appropriate Technology based on a definition of AT.
 #** Issues with its appropriateness based on a definition of AT.
 #** Notes, such as phone number, if applicable.
-#Post your AT examples to [[Practivistas Dominicana/AT Gallery]].  You might want to wait until after you do your userpage for more instructions on how.
+# Post your AT examples to [[Practivistas Dominicana/AT Gallery]]. Wait until after you do your userpage for instructions on how.
+=== 1 - viernes ===
+Topics covered: Projects, Microhydro, Objective, Criteria, Literature Review
-===1 - viernes===
+;Assignments due
-Topics covered: El Limón fieldtrip
-===1 - sabado===
+# Read:
-Topics covered: El Limón fieldtrip
+#* [[Microhydro power]]
+#* http://www.microhydropower.net/ - Check out their case studies (under the resources pull down window). Avoid their theory sections.
+#* http://web.archive.org/web/20120625055734/https://homepower.com/basics/hydro/ - Great basics of microhydro from Home Power magazine.
+# Draw a diagram of a basic microhydro system with labels in spanish or english.
-==Week 2 - June 2, 2014==
+=== 1 - sabado ===
-===2 - lunes===
-Topics covered: Microhydro, AT
+Topics covered: Ghetto2Garden fieldtrip meet at UNIBE at 9am
+=== 1 - domingo ===
+Topics covered: Mothers Day
+== Week 2 - June 1, 2015 ==
+=== 2 - lunes ===
+Topics covered: Microhydro, AT, Criteria
 ;Assignments due:
-===2 - martes===
+# Copy and paste the template into your page:
-Topics covered: Microhydro, Community meetings, La Yuca Meeting in the evening ... cancelled meeting
+#* [[Practivistas Dominicana/Page template and criteria]]
+#* [[Practivistas solar 2015]] (you will also update previous pages, and probably eventually make a new one for LM)
+#* [[Las Malvinas hullkrete 2015]] (you will also update previous pages)
+#* [[Las Malvinas Botica Popular 2015]]
+#* [[Arroyo Norte waste plastic innovation]]
+# Populate section for Opportunity definition aka Problem statement
+# Create section for Literature Review
+#* RESEARCH! Minimum of 8 hours. Due before class.
+=== 2 - martes ===
+Topics covered: Criteria, Microhydro, Work in communities after class. LM before 4pm, AN probably at 5pm, Solar check.
 ;Assignments due:
-#Calculate power and inefficiency from the El Limon data:
-#*Q=110 GPM
-#*H<sub>dynamic</sub>=385 ft
-#*I=27A
-#*V=227V
-#Calculate total energy delivered (assuming the P we found was the average P) per day
-#*To town
-#*per household
-#Describe the El Limon system with pictures, diagrams, art, etc. If you work in a team, state so explicitly and make it wonderful.
-#Read http://sgp.undp.org/download/SGP_DominicanRepublic2.pdf, http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/technology/2010/8/11/36616/Jarabacoa-village-gets-two-micro-hydroelectric-stations and [[HSU Chiapas micro hydro feasibility study]].
-#Optional - do this [http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~cyau1/121PractProbOnUnitConversionSp2005.pdf problem set on unit conversion].
-===2 - miércoles===
+# Populate subsection for Criteria
+=== 2 - miércoles ===
 Topics covered: Las Malvinas work trip, all afternoon to evening
 ;Assignments due:
-#Recalculate P<sub>net</sub> for the MH system from class today, but using 3" pipe
-#*Q<sub>max</sub>=200GPM
-#*H<sub>static</sub>=43 ft
-#*run=280ft
-#*%take=0.5
-#*e=0.83
-#Calculate P<sub>max</sub> (very easy) and compare to P<sub>net2.5</sub> (from class) and P<sub>net3</sub> (from #1)
-#Calculate everything about the El Limon system, including:
-#*H<sub>static</sub> (working your way backwards)
-#*e
-#*P<sub>max</sub>
-#*Assuming there are just a few of each fitting and no M/F adapters
-#Add one word related to Practivistas to [[Practivistas Dominicana/vocabulary]]
-===2 - jueves===
+# Recalculate P<sub>net</sub> for the MH system from class today, but using 3" pipe
-Topics covered: Projects, Ghetto2Garden, La Yuca visit at 6pm.
+#* Q<sub>max</sub>=200GPM
+#* H<sub>static</sub>=43 ft
+#* run=280ft
+#* %take=0.5
+#* e=0.83
+# Calculate P<sub>max</sub> (very easy) and compare to P<sub>net2.5</sub> (from class) and P<sub>net3</sub> (from #1)
+# Add one word related to Practivistas to [[Practivistas Dominicana/vocabulary]]
+# Read https://web.archive.org/web/20100707092413/http://sgp.undp.org/download/SGP_DominicanRepublic2.pdf, http://web.archive.org/web/20101215151358/http://dominicantoday.com/dr/technology/2010/8/11/36616/Jarabacoa-village-gets-two-micro-hydroelectric-stations and [[HSU Chiapas micro hydro feasibility study]].
-===2 - viernes===
+=== 2 - jueves ===
-Topics covered: Project selections, Literature review, More sustainable construction
+Topics covered: Microhydro fieldtrip meet at UNIBE at 9am
+=== 2 - viernes ===
+Topics covered: Syllabus, Project planning, quiz review
 ;Assignments due:
-*Top 3 project picks
-===2 - sabado===
+* Calculations from Lab
-RESEARCH! Minimum of 8 hours. Due by midnight.
+=== 2 - sabado ===
+Topics covered: Field trip meet at UNIBE at 7am.
+=== 2 - domingo ===
+* Arrive in afternoon get more work done!
+== Week 3 - June 8, 2015 ==
+=== 3 - lunes ===
+Topics covered: Projects, Electricity, check in, Quiz
-===2 - domingo===
+=== 3 - martes ===
-Las Malvinas community meeting.
-==Week 3 - June 9, 2014==
+Topics covered: Teams, Chindogu
-===3 - lunes===
-Topics covered: Earthen construction, Projects
 ;Assignments due:
-#Team project page with:
-#*Opportunity definition or Objective
-#*Research (at least 8 hours per team member)
-===3 - martes===
+=== 3 - miércoles ===
-Topics covered: Microhydro quiz, Field work
-===3 - miércoles===
+Topics covered: more electricity, Timeline, Budget
-Topics covered: field work
 ;Assignments due
-===3 - jueves===
+# Read [[Electricity basics]]
-Topics covered: Heat, Temperature, Insulation, Thermal Mass, Energy
+=== 3 - jueves ===
+Topics covered: Projects and alternative solutions
 ;Assignments due:
-===3 - viernes===
+# Add Abstract and background section at top of document. See [[Practivistas Dominicana/Page template and criteria]] for more guidance on tentative grading criteria.
-Topics covered: Alternative solutions, Timeline, Budget, Thermal mass
+# add starting Budget to Appropedia page. See [[Help:Table examples#Cost Table]].
+# add timeline to Appropedia page
+#* minimum requirement: [[La Yuca schoolroom renovation#Proposed Timeline]]
+#* Gantt chart style (this was for just one of that team's projects): [[La Yuca small scale renewable energy 2012#Timeline]]
+#* More of what you want to eventually have: [[Las Malvinas ecoladrillo schoolroom 2012/Timeline]], [[Las Malvinas botica popular hullkrete 2013#Timeline]], [[Las Malvinas botica popular ecoladrillo 2013#Timeline]]
+<pre>
+== Abstract ==
+<center>''Short abstract describing the project from background to conclusion''</center>
+== Background ==
+Describe the background of the project. Make sure to cover who, what, why, when and where…
+</pre>
+=== 3 - viernes ===
+Topics covered: Power, energy, finishing electricty
 ;Assignments due:
-===3 - sabado===
+# Circuits handout
-Topics covered: Project fieldwork
+=== 3 - sabado ===
+Project fieldwork day
+=== 3 - domingo ===
+Project fieldwork day
+== Week 4 - June 15, 2015 ==
+=== 4 - lunes ===
-==Week 4 - June 16, 2014==
+Topics covered: Solar
-===4 - lunes===
-Topics covered: Natural building, Earthen Ovens, Frustration and community projects, finding next steps, engaging
 ;Assignments due:
-#Criteria added to project page
-#Timeline added to project page
-#Heat needed to maintain the temperature daily in BTU/day.
-*Using the following assumptions:
-**Wall: 14 ft<sup>2</sup>*<sup>o</sup>F*hr/BTU
-**Window: 0.9 ft<sup>2</sup>*<sup>o</sup>F*hr/BTU
-**Door: 2.3 ft<sup>2</sup>*<sup>o</sup>F*hr/BTU
-**Roof: 35 ft<sup>2</sup>*<sup>o</sup>F*hr/BTU
-**Avg T<sub>out</sub>: 36 <sup>o</sup>F
-**Avg T<sub>in</sub>: 70 <sup>o</sup>F
-**Room: 14' x 20' x 12' (tall)
-**3 Windows: 3' x 2'
-**1 Door: 8' x 3'
-===4 - martes===
+# Find an error in [http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/hydropower-plant.htm HowStuffWorks Hydropower] (no more than 30 minutes. Bring in on a scrap of paper.)
-Topics covered: Budget, Power and Energy, Electricity
+# [[How to do an electrical energy audit|electrical energy audit]] for your house (US, RD, wherever). Email to TAs.
+=== 4 - martes ===
+Topics covered: Frustration and community projects, finding next steps, engaging
 ;Assignments due:
-===4 - miércoles===
+# Solar panel sizing. Design a panel that is 18 V and approximately 20 W using 2.5" x 1" cells.
-Topics covered: Field work, Natural building quiz
+# And the one from class.
-* This was the presentation from when we started the building topic - http://prezi.com/ypv9igvujnba/more-sustainable-construction/
+=== 4 - miércoles ===
-===4 - jueves===
+Topics covered: Field work, finishing solar, starting sustainable construction, Solar sizing
-Dia de Corpus Cristi
-===4 - viernes===
+=== 4 - jueves ===
-Topics covered: Electricity
+Topics covered: Building to last, Failures
+=== 4 - viernes ===
+Topics covered: Building, electricity and energy quiz review, next steps
 ;Assignments due:
-# Read [[Electricity basics]]
-# Budget added to project page
-#Find an error in [http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/hydropower-plant.htm HowStuffWorks Hydropower] (no more than 30 minutes.  Bring in on a scrap of paper.)
-# Complete a [[How to do an electrical energy audit|electrical energy audit]] for your house (US, RD, wherever).
-===4 - sabado===
+# For the following questions assume PV panels with 15% efficiency, BOS efficiency of 90%, and that we are building in Arcata:
-Topics covered: Project
+## A 2kW PV system takes up how much area?
+## Calculate the total cost of that 2kW system.
+## Calculate the total yearly energy delivered to the house from that 2kW PV system.
+## You see a different house with about 300 square feet of solar panels. How much energy are they producing on a daily basis? Does this seem reasonable (why or why not).
+# If you have a 100W radio that needs to be running 12 hours per day in Arcata, calculate the size of solar array you will need so that you will have net zero energy for (a) the month of February, (b) the month of July, (c) the year.
+# More
+=== 4 - sabado ===
+Topics covered: Beach day
+=== 4 - domingo ===
+Project work
 Assignments due:
 * Project update on Appropedia
-==Week 5 - June 24, 2013==
+== Week 5 - June 22, 2015 ==
-===5 - lunes===
-Topics covered: Electricity and Solar, Appropriate Technology
+=== 5 - lunes ===
+Topics covered: Permaculture, Coco, Fair Trade, etc.
 ;Assignments due:
-* Add a budget to your project page.
-* Start describing your solution and building process using photos. Consider using [[Template:How_to]] like at [[How to build Geared-Up From the Feet-Up]] and [[Poly Pod Instructions]].
-* Start storyboarding your video
-* Read http://rael.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/old-site-files/1997/Kammen-Dove-Mundane-Science-1997.pdf
-* Make sure that you have added at least one useful link per team and one vocabulary word related to appropriate technology per person at [[HSU_Dominicana/shared_resources]].
-* Complete the electricity homework (email me if you did not receive a copy). PS Don't forget to complete the home energy audit from last week.
-===5 - martes===
+* 215 students must use a CAD program such as ACAD (free for students) or Google Sketchup (free and easy to learn)
-Topics covered: Solar
+* Start describing your solution and building process using photos. Use [[Template:How to]] like at [[How to build Geared-Up From the Feet-Up]] and [[Poly Pod Instructions]].
+* Start storyboarding your video.
+* Make sure that you have added at least one useful link per team and one vocabulary word related to appropriate technology per person at [[HSU Dominicana/shared resources]].
+=== 5 - martes ===
+Topics covered: Short lecture, finding your internal fuel for the final push
+All day work day.
+=== 5 - miércoles ===
+Topics covered: Finishing solar, review for quiz, starting natural building and heat
 ;Assignments due:
-* Solar sizing
-===5 - miércoles===
+* This assignment is (the rare) one per team, with all of your names on it. A table relating your project to the [[Principles of permaculture|12 Principles of Permaculture]]. It should have a column for the guidelines, a column for what you are already doing to meet that principle, and a column of what you could do better or in the future to meet that principle. The only way to receive a 10 would be to rock the assignment and include image(s), emailed to the TAs and Lonny, from your project that describe how your project meets various principles.
-Topics covered: Solar lab
+=== 5 - jueves ===
+Topics covered: Short lecture, building to last
+=== 5 - viernes ===
+Topics covered: Quiz on energy, More natural building, Planning for last weekend of work
+== Week 6 - June 29, 2015 ==
+=== 6 - lunes ===
+Topics covered: Presentations, Finishing up, Heat
 ;Assignments due:
-Find:
-===5 - jueves===
+# Appropedia page - more updates, design, maintenance, etc.
-Topics covered: Rainwater
+=== 6 - martes ===
+Topics covered: Rainwater and Appropriate Technology
 ;Assignments due:
-*
-===5 - viernes===
+=== 6 - miércoles ===
-Topics covered: Rainwater
+Topics covered: heat, Presentation and Appropriate Technology - Prepare for Friday's presentation
 ;Assignments due:
-*
-==Week 6 - June 30, 2014==
+# Heat needed to maintain the temperature daily in BTU/day.
-===6 - lunes===
+* Using the following assumptions:
-Topics covered: Presentations, Finishing up, Rainwater
+** Wall: 14 ft<sup>2</sup>*<sup>o</sup>F*hr/BTU
+** Window: 0.9 ft<sup>2</sup>*<sup>o</sup>F*hr/BTU
+** Door: 2.3 ft<sup>2</sup>*<sup>o</sup>F*hr/BTU
+** Roof: 35 ft<sup>2</sup>*<sup>o</sup>F*hr/BTU
+** Avg T<sub>out</sub>: 36 <sup>o</sup>F
+** Avg T<sub>in</sub>: 70 <sup>o</sup>F
+** Room: 14' x 20' x 12' (tall)
+** 3 Windows: 3' x 2'
+** 1 Door: 8' x 3'
+# Practice presentations
+# Final draft of Appropedia page, before final feedback. You will have final feedback by the end of Friday. See Friday for more information.
-;Assignments due:
+=== 6 - jueves ===
-* Appropedia page design
+Topics covered: quiz on heat, building, and permaculture, Presentations in Las Malvinas
-===6 - martes===
-Topics covered: Lots more appropriate technology
 ;Assignments due:
-*
-===6 - miércoles===
+# <s>How much water can a 2000 ft^2 house catch, with a metal roof, in Santo Domingo in an average June?</s>
-Topics covered: Presentation and Appropriate Technology - Prepare for Thursday's presentation
+# Printout of presentation (6 slides per page)
-;Assignments due:
+# Digital version of powerpoint
-* Practice presentations
+=== 6 - viernes ===
+Topics covered: Delta Plus, Decompression, Etc.
+* Family Lunch/Ceremony at UNIBE 11:30am
+* Class at 2pm
+* Presentations at UNIBE at 5pm
-===6 - jueves===
+;Assignments due (Please try to finish by Sunday night, but all are due by next Friday at midnight PST):
-Topics covered: Presentations at Cultural Center of Spain
-;Assignments due:
-* Printout of presentation (6 slides per page)
-* Digital version of powerpoint
-===6 - viernes===
+# Final quiz (this will come by email on Saturday, please only open once ready to take the quiz)
-Topics covered: Feedback 9am, Final quiz 12pm, Family get together 2pm, Las Malvinas presentation 4pm
+## Email the quiz back using reply all (this will automatically include the TAs and me, but not the other students)
-;Assignments due by Saturday, July 6th, Midnight PST:
+# Final writeup (This is your completed Appropedia page.)
-# Final quiz
-# Final writeup
-#* This is your completed Appropedia page.
 # Final peer evaluation
-#*Please grade yourself and your teammates on your project.
+#* Please grade yourself and your teammates on your project.
-#*Make one short paragraph for each person (including yourself).  State the letter grade deserved and be thorough on your justification.  Your final project grades are affected by this peer evaluation.
+#* Make one short paragraph for each person (including yourself). State the letter grade deserved and be thorough on your justification. Your final project grades are affected by this peer evaluation.
 #* Please also include any '''program/project feedback''' that you are comfortable with me '''sharing openly'''.
-#* Email it to me, with the subject "Practivistas: YOUR NAME-Peer Evaluation" (replacing the ALLCAPS).
+#* Email it to me, with the subject "Practivistas: YOUR NAME-Peer Evaluation" (replacing the ALLCAPS with your actual name).
 # Final video
 #* As discussed, a short (1 to 5 minutes) video that is some combination of inspirational and instructional (how to make and or maintain). You can pick the combination that suits your project best, or make separate shorter videos for each.
 #* On windows try the built-in Movie Maker, or the free and simple [http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/ FreeMake], or the free and complex/full featured [http://www.handbrake.fr Handbrake].
 # Thank you notes
 #* You do not need to turn these in to me. If you have emails of people you would like to thank, please do so before Saturday.
+# If you haven't already, make sure you submit your co-teach.
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