Picture This: Powering Up at Jackson Middle School
Jackson Middle School seventh graders Kamrie Anderson and Simi Patel use a flashlight to charge their solar cell Tuesday during the school’s STEAM-Tac event sponsored by BHE Renewables of Ravenswood. (Photo Provided)
Jackson Middle School seventh graders Jackson Bush and Anna Baillargeon work to assemble their solar cell Tuesday during the school’s STEAM-Tac event sponsored by BHE Renewables of Ravenswood. (Photo Provided)
Jackson Middle School seventh grader Cami Thomas uses a flashlight to charge her solar cell Tuesday during the school’s STEAM-Tac event sponsored by BHE Renewables of Ravenswood. (Photo Provided)
Jackson Middle School seventh graders Anna Kelly and Anthony Summers work to assemble their solar cell Tuesday during the school’s STEAM-Tac event sponsored by BHE Renewables of Ravenswood. (Photo Provided)
Jackson Middle School seventh graders Kamrie Anderson and Simi Patel use a flashlight to charge their solar cell Tuesday during the school’s STEAM-Tac event sponsored by BHE Renewables of Ravenswood. (Photo Provided)
Jackson Middle School seventh graders Jackson Bush and Anna Baillargeon work to assemble their solar cell Tuesday during the school’s STEAM-Tac event sponsored by BHE Renewables of Ravenswood. (Photo Provided)
Jackson Middle School seventh grader Cami Thomas uses a flashlight to charge her solar cell Tuesday during the school’s STEAM-Tac event sponsored by BHE Renewables of Ravenswood. (Photo Provided)
Jackson Middle School seventh graders Anna Kelly and Anthony Summers work to assemble their solar cell Tuesday during the school’s STEAM-Tac event sponsored by BHE Renewables of Ravenswood. (Photo Provided)
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VIENNA -- Jackson Middle School seventh graders got a chance Tuesday to learn how solar cells are used to charge batteries in the manufacturing industry.
Sponsored by BHE Renewables of Ravenswood, students learned from hands-on lessons that focused on how circuitry can be controlled by the presence or absence of light through phototransistors, how resistance affects current and how energy can be stored for later use in manufacturing.
"This is something that needs to be covered in middle school," said Dr. Angela McDaniel, program coordinator at the WVU STEAM Technical Assistance Center. "Because it's not only a CTE (career technical education) standard, but an important aspect of our future."