I haven't written a blog for a while, so I thought I would give a quick update on what has been happening. I've been busy with exam revision and am currently in the midst of doing exams which will all be over on June 18th 
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In my first blog I mentioned what events I would be planning with my £1000. I purchased a solar powered complete weather station which has now been installed and is now providing updated information on the local climate conditions which we can now compare and monitor over time. The device is wireless and feeds information through sensors powered by sunlight. There are four main things that it records information for: temperature, humidity, wind speed and rainfall, but it can also record air pressure etc. as well as providing weather forecast data. The station has been working well and I am now hoping to get the information fed live onto the school website so we can have up to the minute data and logging tools available. Surprisingly the station works well even with only limited sunlight so it should work well through even the winter months.
The other main part of my project is the environmental garden. Work has already begun on it and the opening and launch date has been set for Wednesday 25th June. The garden is to be called "Queen Elizabeth's School Environmental Awareness Garden" and will include a pond ecosystem as well as lots of self sustaining plants that don't require much water and can grow regardless of their position in sunlight. Apart from the obvious 'green credential' is has by being a garden, the plan is to incorporate themes of 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' by using things like solar powered lights and pond pumps, water butts and recycled materials.
Catch up soon...
Akhil
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May 23 2008, 11:29 AM
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