For hurricane season, 9th graders soak up the Louisiana sun & build generators
The teacher is Jimmy Lutrell and what he's teaching is physics minus most of the math.
But, plus, according to WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood, everything else under the sun.
'With an increase in climate change, in the south especially, these students are learning about solar energy and how it can be best used in the community,' said Lutrell.
They're studying the sun and soaking up the power of what Louisiana receives on many days.
That power is what powers the solar generators the ninth graders are building at Sci High, New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School.
'We have to, as teenagers, look at solar energy. We need to look at renewable energy sources,' said 15-year-old Abijah-Wood Dawson.
Dividing up into teams, the kids at Sci High started small with small generators.
Now, they're building bigger and bigger ones.
Big enough to power community centers, places people go when the lights go out.
For example, during a hurricane.
'I feel like it's a big responsibility because you have to pick the right place for the solar generator to go, like a sanctuary after the storm like we always have,' said student Thomas Valentine.
When it comes to do it yourself, they are doing it themselves. Putting the grid in power grid.For hurricane season, 9th graders soak up the Louisiana sun & build generators
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