Our biggest challenge to date, besides customs of course, has not been teaching the concepts of solar energy, but instilling the idea of straight, square or precise. I decided to try to clean up one of the panels and make it prettier so they could see the difference. So they set to sanding, filling gaps and painting. Here are the results…
Some of the students trying to clean up and beautify the panels
Painting panels
It was not easy to get them to hold the brush correctly and drag it along. Their inclination was to push it against the bristles. I have noticed that this is also the way they sweep with brooms.
Prettier panels
