Read the article. What is the most important information you learned from this article? Why? Please make sure to cite information from the text to support your response. Please respond to at least two other student entries.
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Minerva
3/10/2015 07:48:22 am
The most important piece of information that I learned from this article was that KIDS are making "solar suitcases." "Thomas Dillen was holding the machine up to the sunlight, as high as he could. About two dozen FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS from Tildenville Elementary School crowded around him." I thought, "Oh, it's probably some industrial company like Kholer (they make sinks) doing this", but I was wrong. KIDS are being taught to do this. I really like the fact that kids are doing this FOR KIDS. “In Uganda in some orphanages, they don’t have any light at all. They have only one little candle, and it doesn’t light up the whole room.” This means that kids who are lucky enough to HAVE parents and lights help kids who aren't as lucky. I REALLY like "We Care Solar" and I hope that they come to our school some day. Also, again, I think the most important thing I learned was that KIDS are doing this. KIDS, not companies.
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Ryan
3/10/2015 07:57:31 am
Minerva I agree. The most important part in the article is how kids are learning on how to build "solar suitcases".
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Cara
3/10/2015 08:21:46 am
I agree Minerva. These are KIDS making them. We are really lucky to have light.
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Ashley
3/10/2015 08:33:28 am
I agree with you Minerva because the article is mainly about electricity in solar panels.
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Benicio Curiel
3/10/2015 08:52:00 am
I agree with you Minerva because the main idea was that people were making solar suitcases.
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Elwna
3/10/2015 10:16:10 am
I agree with you. The most important part is how the children learn how to make to solar suitcases.
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Ryan
3/10/2015 07:48:53 am
I think the most important information in the text is about how people/ children are learning how to build a solar suitcase. I think so because in the article it mostly talks about how a person makes a solar generator and is then invited to help build a solar suitcase. The persons name is Dillen. Dillen also started showing kids how to build a solar generator.
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Natasha
3/10/2015 07:50:57 am
I agree with you, Ryan. I like how you reffered back to the text!
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Ryan
3/10/2015 07:54:09 am
My computer is not working it cut out some of my explanation. This is what i was going to say. Dillen is also helping kids in Uganda. Just like it states in the article "A small light on Dillen's machine lit up. All at once, the students cheered.The machine is called a solar generator. It captures the light of the sun and turns it into electricity. Dillen was teaching the kids at Tildenville how to build the generators. "
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Minerva
3/10/2015 07:59:49 am
Oh. No wonder. I thought you would have written more.
Justine
3/10/2015 01:06:32 pm
I agree with you because building the solar suitcase was the main idea of the entire article
Sasha
3/10/2015 01:51:49 pm
I agree with you because these college students are helping younger children make the solar generators that help the people in need in other poor countries
Minerva
3/10/2015 07:57:44 am
I don't think that is too important that people/ children are learning how to build a solar suitcase. I think it is more important that KIDS are making "solar suitcases." Although, I really liked your response.
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Wolfvoelker6789
3/10/2015 08:10:43 am
Me to, I agree that the main idea is that people and children are learning how to build these.
Ashley
3/10/2015 08:35:27 am
I agree with you Ryan because most children are making solar suitcases to give to Africa and other places that don't have electricity.
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nola
3/10/2015 08:41:59 am
I agree that it is important that the kids are being able to build the solar suitcases. Although I do not agree that the hole article was about kids making solar suitcases. I think this because it was also talking about the 9 year old girl who learned about the poor countries that they would send them off to. It also talked about what's in a solar suitcase and the company We Care Solar. So yes that is important information but not the only important information.
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Natasha
3/10/2015 07:49:18 am
The most important information that I learned from this article is that kids my age, with help from college students, are making solar suitcases to bring electricity to other countries that do not have it. Solar suitcases are generators that are so small, someone can carry them. Students are happy to help others that are and need, and to Iearn at the same time. Some students hear what it is like for the other countries, and get very sad. "Ariana Gonzalez, age 9, learned about what life was like for people in the poorest parts of the world. ' In Uganda, in some orphanages, they don't have any light at all, she said. 'They have only one little candle, and it doesn't light up the whole room."
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Minerva
3/10/2015 08:03:12 am
"The most important information that I learned from this article is that kids my age, with help from college students, are making solar suitcases to bring electricity to other countries that do not have it." Is what you say. I agree. I was happy to learn that CHILDREN were making these.
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#julian#awesome
3/10/2015 07:50:40 am
I learned that the most important thing of the article is that the college student found a way to make generators that can give electricity to places that don't have it. This is evidence."dillan held a machine over his head. The sun was setting. He was trying to catch the sunlight. All the students watched. A small light on dillan's machine lit up. All at once, the students cheered. "
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Natasha
3/10/2015 07:52:42 am
I agree with you, Julian. I like how you used evidence from the text to support your answer.
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Cara
3/10/2015 08:20:21 am
I agree Julian. These solar generators can help out many people. I liked how you used evidence from the text.
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Benicio Curiel
3/10/2015 08:55:06 am
I agree with you Julian because you explained that a student found out how to make solar generators.
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Arlon
3/10/2015 09:33:07 am
I agree with you Julian because some places have 0 lights and power.But solar power is an alternative and can power houses and lights as well.
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Aidan
3/10/2015 12:52:11 pm
I agree with Julian because These solar generators can really help out many people all over the world. I like how you used evidence from the text to support your answer.
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Gavin
3/10/2015 07:59:52 am
In the article,I learned that you can make electricity by just making a type of suitcase that holds electricity.There was once a time when a boy named Hall made electricity by pointing a suitcase with a light in it and he pointed the light to the sun so the light observed the suns energy to make electricity.He was in the middle of a crowd and as the crowd watched they gave him a round of a plause .He taught some other people and I actually want to try making electricity my own way someday.
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nola
3/10/2015 08:53:16 am
I agree with you completely Gavin. I like the way you explained your answer. What really stood out in your writing for me was the first sentence because it reminds me of when we're writing down what we had learned. And you kind of did that because you said that you learned that you can make electricity by just making a special kind of suitcase that holds electricity. Of course there is more to it but it is like your writing about science.
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Justine
3/10/2015 01:08:42 pm
I agree with you, but the solar suitcase isn't an actual suitcase. They just call it that because it is portable.
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Wolfvoelker6789
3/10/2015 08:07:29 am
I think that the most important part is that Dillon has taught these kids how to build a solar generator. These will probably be useful if something happens to them. Another benefit of this is that these generators are going to be sent to poor kids in Africa, where they don't have electric lighting everywhere. So I think the main Idea is the making of the generators.
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Violet
3/10/2015 08:17:58 am
I think the most important thing in the article is, how kids are doing important things for their countries . I think this is important because kids about my age are doing things for countries without lights . Also this is important because who would think that people like kids would be making electronics for those who need it . If I were one of those kids I would be grateful that I get to make things and people will actually use it and cherish it . I would hop Hall will come to our school. Even Ariana was happy for what people are doing , "in Uganda ,
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charlotte
3/10/2015 12:19:47 pm
I agree with you mostly, except for when you said that kids are doing important things for their countries. They are not doing it for their countries, but for OTHER countries and communities that don't have electricity
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Cara
3/10/2015 08:19:10 am
The most important part is that KIDS are learning how to build them. The kids are happy to make these solar suitcases to help the poor. In the article it said, " Ariana Gonzalez, age 9, learnsed about what life was like for the people in the poorest parts of the world. Some of what she heard made her sad." I think this is the attitude many people should have. Not everyone has light. That is why I think it is really important that the kids are actually helping out. A solar suitcase can be carried around and brought to places that don't have much light. It might be dangerous for doctors to save people with only one candle. These solar suitcases need to go everywhere. I
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Jay
3/10/2015 02:12:53 pm
I agree with you Cara because the kids are learning to build things that can help you not get lost!
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Violet
3/10/2015 08:26:33 am
...in some orphanages they don't have any lights at all, she said , they only have one candle And it doesn't even light up the whole room." Well let me restate that she doesn't cherish it she just feels sad that some places have to be this way. That is why it is so important that people get there light .
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nola
3/10/2015 08:30:29 am
I think that having kids making the solar suitcases is the important information in the article that I learned. "One day she brought along a solar suitcase. The school though it would be a good project for after school-students." This is a piece from the article that I thought was kind of amazing. It is so awesome that they let the KIDS make a solar suitcase. I have made many projects with them but never made them. I think that this is important information because the students get to be scientists/engineer. "She and her students soon built five solar suitcases. When they were complete, four were sent to Haiti, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Kenya. Hall kept one to use in demonstrations." I think that this is really important because they are helping out others that are in need. When I was doing my endangered animal project it's habitat was in Uganda and one big reason why it was endangered was because of the wars there. That habitat, and community is very poor. My dad is an engineer that makes solar cells, so I can make a connection. Although my dad's work doesn't give the solar cells to places in need. I also feel that for my birthday I am going do ask people to not bring presents for me but for the children in need. That don't have that kind of money. "Ariana Gonzalez, age 9, learned about what life was like for people in the poorest parts of the world. Some of what she learned made her sad.
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jacob
3/10/2015 08:49:39 am
The most important information is when the 5th grade class got to make a solos generator . So the solar suitcases could charge your phone in the the dessert. When you are in danger in the dessert you could use your solar generator and charge your phone in the dessert. I will prove it to you in the text it said " The machine is called a solar generator. It captures the light of the sun and turns it into electricity. Dillen was teaching the kids at Tildenville how to build the generator. Imagine you are lost in the desert and your phone runs out of battery power. If you have a solar generator, you can charge your phone and call for help." Hall and her student build five solar suit cases and and one of them were for a demonstration they 4 of the solar suit case was send to Haiti, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Kenya. I will prove it to you in the text it said "She and her students soon built five solar suitcases. When they were complete, four were sent to Haiti, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Kenya. Hall kept one to use in demonstrations."
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Ashley
3/10/2015 08:50:37 am
I think the important thing I learned is about how the children make solar suitcases. I think so because using the text evidence, "Hall was excited about the solar suitcases. She wanted to show them to her college students. Having her students learn to build the generators could educational and could also help the world, she thought." I think this is the important thing because it can help most of the time. I know because I used this text evidence, "Imagine that you are lost in a
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Ashley Continue ^
3/10/2015 08:54:47 am
desert and your phone runs out of battery power. If you have a solar generator, you can charge your phone and call for help." That is all my text evidence to tell the my answer to my response.
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Benicio Curiel
3/10/2015 09:02:28 am
I think that the most important fact in this article is that a professor at Valencia College discovered how to make solar generators and suitcases. This important for many different reasons and for survival. I think that it was a great idea that they came up with this creation. It can be used for multiple reasons so it can help you in a serious situation. This can be a great future creation.
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Arlon
3/10/2015 09:29:01 am
I agree with you Ben because some places don't have electricity to have lights so it is like it's a blackout.But solar power can fix that by using the sun t power stuff.
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Aidan
3/10/2015 12:57:24 pm
I agree with you Ben because if that professor didn't learn how to actually work with solar generators the other parts of the world would not get electricity.
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Sofia Carpenter
3/10/2015 09:12:15 am
I agree with you Benicio because if that professor at Valencia college didn't learn, that would be a big hot mess!
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Arlon
3/10/2015 09:25:46 am
I think that the most important idea in the story is that some places don't have much light or even any at all.But solar power can help places like Africa,some hospitals,and even some orphanages considering they don't have enough or no light at all.The evidence that supports my comment on hospitals not having enough light is from "What's In A Solar Suitcase?".It says "Doctors in these hospitals have to work by candlelight.Without lights their jobs are very difficult.".That is why I think the most important idea is that some places need light and solar power can fix that.
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Gael
3/10/2015 12:41:17 pm
I agree when you say that the solar power could be useful to places that don't have it
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Jorden
3/10/2015 09:52:01 am
I think that the most important part of the article is about the "solar suitcases". The reason I think of this is because the article says that kids in other countries are making light or other states/countries. Solar suitcases are important cause it says if your in a desert and your phone dies and you have a "solar suitcase" then you can charge your phone up using the power of the sun and be able to call for help. The way Hall found out about the "solar suitcases is because of a group called "We Care Solar" that designs and builds the "solar suitcases". Over all that was the most important topic because kids here are helping kids in other countries/states(Haiti,Costa Rica,Guatemala,& Kenya). I think that coming to the school Tildenville Elementary is a good idea so all the countries/states that are in need of light can get it.
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The blue do ( lesly)
3/11/2015 03:28:36 pm
I agree with you jorden because I also think that it is important
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-Elena-
3/10/2015 10:12:47 am
😄👈 think the most important part about this is that kids have learned to make such a amazing thing. They will pass down the recipe to make it then it will go many generations. People with no electricity will now have some and will learn from the knowledge of people many generations above them. "Hall was excited by the solar suitcases. She wanted to show them to her college students. Having her students learn to build the generators could be educational and could also help the world, she thought." The students that hall teaches will be the ones teaching school how to do it, then the students that got teached will teach to another school when they grow up.
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Jay the ninja
3/10/2015 11:22:29 am
The most important part to me was that the kids learned how to make generators.They the poor people. Ariana learned about people who don't have any light and that the poor kids use one tiny candle and she is only 9. Hall works at a college she taught her kids to make solar suitcases.They made 5, 4 were sent away to help people with no light and 1 was their for a demonstration. I think the kids are really helping out.The article said that if you are lost in a desert and your phone is dead you can charge your phone with the generator and call someone to help!
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Cara
3/11/2015 11:17:11 am
I agree because the kids are a big part of this. After all, they helped make it!
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The blue dog (lesly)
3/11/2015 03:26:27 pm
I agree with you jay because it is true that kids learned how to make solar generators.
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charlotte
3/10/2015 11:50:53 am
I think that the most important piece of information in this article is the fact that the kids are building these solar generators for the people that live in communities that don't have electricity. In the article it says, "This class is not just about fun. The students will give the generators they build to communities in Africa that do not have electricity." Another thing that I think is an important piece of information, is that there are so many communities that don't have electricity. Electricity is very useful to people. We use it more than we think we do, for light, and many other things that we need. Some people however, have no electricity. In the article it says that Hall and her students built 5 solar suit cases. 4 of them were sent to the communities in Haiti, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Kenya that don't have electricity, and one for demonstration. All 4 of these places have communities that have no electricity. If we continue to make solar generators, it might solve electricity problems for all of these places.
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Gael
3/10/2015 12:32:58 pm
I agree when you say that the most important part was that kids sent the solar suitcases to other places.
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Connie
3/10/2015 01:26:42 pm
I agree. The students from Hall had created solar generators to make electricity. That's very clever. I also agree about the part that maybe if we keep creating more solar generators, then maybe it could solve the problems for the people that don't have electricity.
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Sarah
3/10/2015 01:46:18 pm
I agree with what important piece you learned. You said,"I think that the most important piece of information in this article is the fact that the kids are building these solar generators for the people that live in communities that don't have electricity. That is what I agree with your blog. :)
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Gael
3/10/2015 12:16:12 pm
Pretty much the main idea for me was that when it says that it takes sunlight and then turns it into electricity. I know that already but whenever i read something about solar power I just get fascinated. The part that I really think is the most main is that they said that they give kids projects to make them then they ship them off to people,companies,buildings or even states that doesn't have light or barely has any light. I'm going to talk about the areas places where people don't have light and it would be useful to give solar energy to them. First is hospitals in the article it says that some hospitals don't have any light. For example when they are doing surgery and they are using a dim candlelight they might mess up. Number 2. states or places. In the article it says like places don't have light too such as Africa. I think it would be useful for them because so it doesn't always have to be dark in their homes. I'm not saying that all of their houses are dark and maybe some have houses. Did I say maybe because that was a bad thing to say I should have said some. My favorite part is that they send the projects to other places s
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Aidan
3/10/2015 12:23:32 pm
I think that the most important part of this article is that kids are building solar generators for other people that live in more worst parts of the world. These parts of the world don't have electricity this can help them get electricity for their homes. In the article it says'' This class is not just about fun. The students will give the generators they built to communities in Africa that do not have electricity .'' Another important part of this article is that there are sooooooo many parts of this world that don't have electricity and we are lucky to have some and now most of the world is going to have electricity. Before people were not so lucky and didn't have electricity and we are using a LOT we should be thankful . People in horrid parts of the world now got a lot better because of these children. If people start to build more solar generators it might solve worlds electricity problems. P.S my grandma's house got a power outage in the morning.
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Sasha
3/10/2015 01:47:40 pm
I agree with you Aidan because these younger kids are helping people in other countries that need help
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Jaya M. Chuan
3/10/2015 12:28:34 pm
I think that the most important piece of this article is that 4th and 5th graders are building solar generators. The reason that these kids are doing this is because some people don't have electricity at all. What a solar generator does is it collects energy from the sun and then it makes electricity to use. This is very helpful device for people that have no electricity open to them. When they were finished they sent them to the communities in Guatemala, Kenya, Costa Rica, and Haiti. None of these places have electricity to use, and that is why they sent them the solar generators. We are lucky to have such electricity for us. Unfortunately you can't just give out electricity. These solar generators help that problem. The sun is now their elecrticity.
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Connie
3/10/2015 01:21:20 pm
I agree with you, Jaya. The people here are very fortunate to have electricity to use. I'm too very glad that the kids from Hall figured out a solution. Since we can't just give electricity, the students decided to give their solar generators to the people who don't have electricity.
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Celeste
3/10/2015 01:04:26 pm
I think that the important information in the article is that kids just like us are making somewhat life changing devices. I think this because of what the article says in section #2 "The class the students are taking is not just for fun. When they finish building them, the generators will be sent to communities in Africa that do not have electricity." And in section #1 "About two dozen fourth- and fifth-graders from Tildenville Elementary School crowded around him."
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alex
3/21/2015 07:43:46 am
I agree with you Celeste. Allthough my most important Idea was the poor people in Africa who are suffering because they do not have electricity. But I totally agree with you on the part where children are not making the Solar suitcases for Fun but tu help the people in Africa. Our most important things are related in some ways.
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Justine
3/10/2015 01:05:02 pm
I think that the most important part in the text is when it says,"Ariana Gonzalez, age 9, learned about what life was like for people in the poorest parts of the world." The reason why I think this part in the article is so important is because it tells us the main reason why they made the solar suitcases. They made them to help people that have no electricity. The solar suitcase provides light and it can charge your devices, so if you are lost and your phone is dead, you can charge it and call for help.
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Jay
3/10/2015 02:11:19 pm
I do not agree with you Justine because there was a lot more of the article.
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Connie
3/10/2015 01:16:11 pm
I think that the most important information I learned from this article is that kids creating electricity with solar generators. In the passage, the author wrote, "The students will give the generators they build to communities in Africa that do not have electricity. " Now that the kids from Hall made electricity with solar generators, people in Africa that don't have electricity will be able to have and use electricity! The people here that have electricity should appreciate having electricity. Electricity can be used for many things. It could be used for charging machines, making energy, and etc. In the text, it was written, "Electricity is needed to power lights, washing machines, television, and many other machines." People could use a lot of electricity every single day. Without electricity, life could be a lot more harder. That's why electricity is so crucial.
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Sarah:)
3/10/2015 01:40:00 pm
I think the most important information I learned from this article is that children of any age can help people in need too. The article said,'' A group of Tildenville fourth- and fifth-graders crowded around." FOURTH and FIFTH graders! We are in fourth grade, and that is considered young in my case. Something else from the text is,"Tildenville kids would build the generators, and college students like Dillen would help out. The company would then inspect the machines before they were sent to Uganda." Usually, adults help the people in need. Another important piece of information I learned is that people in Uganda do not have any light. Information from the text is,"In Uganda, in some orphanages, they don’t have any light at all,” she said. “They have only one little candle, and it doesn’t light up the whole room.” I think this is very sad, but at the same time I am thankful that I have light and electricity. :)
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Sasha
3/10/2015 01:42:20 pm
I think that the most important event in this article is how kids can create solar generators. These solar generators can even charge up your phone. Now college students go to schools with younger people and teach them how to make a solar generator. These solar generators will go to poor country around the world. I can't believe that these kids are suffering from not having a light which is an energy source. When the night becomes dark and it is not yet. Time to go to sleep they suffer from not having a light. They would mostly use candles.
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Sarah
3/10/2015 01:50:37 pm
I agree with what you learned about in the passage. You said,"I think that the most important event in this article is how kids can create solar generators." :) I agree.
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Leilah
3/10/2015 02:25:35 pm
I think the main idea of this paragraph is that kids are making solar generators .In the article it says that there are college students that go to schools and show them how to create solar generators.The college students send the kids to other countries that do not have light like we do.Light is one thing that we have and other kids from other countries might not have.We should be happy that we have light.The kids that were sent to other countries went to orfaneges and saw kids that do not have light and they use little candles that do not even light up the whole room so they can not see.
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Leilah
3/10/2015 02:29:50 pm
^ Continue ^
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Brian
3/11/2015 09:28:30 am
The most important thing I learned that in some other places they don't have light only one candle and it is not that much for the whole room. Info1: Doctors in these hospitals have to work by candlelight.
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The Blue dog (lesly)
3/11/2015 03:22:08 pm
The most important thing that I learned in the article is that you should not waste electricity because in some parts of the world they don't have electricity. Like it said in the article " We Solar Care donates the solar suitcases to hospitals that do not have electric lights". It seems hospitals even don't have electricity! That can be very hard for doctors that work there. So you should really appreciate that you have electricity in your house.
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Tommy
3/12/2015 09:23:59 am
I agree with you Lesly not every part of the world has electricity
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Tommy
3/12/2015 09:22:18 am
I think that the most important part is that 4th and 5th graders are learning how to make solar genaraters and at the same time helping places without electricity or light. I think that is a good idea because solar generates do not use power. If you were in the desert but your phone died and you want to call for help you can simply use the solar generater to charge your phone since the sun is always shining and solar generaters use sun. That is why I think 4 & 5th graders making solar generaters is the main idea of the text.
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allex
3/21/2015 07:37:23 am
I think the most important infrmation I got from the text is that people in Africa do not have any electricity. They couldn't use computers Imagine all the information on all our projects we would have to find by book that is very hard. The life in Africa is so very difficult. The Africans would give the world to be able to have electricity. That is why Porfessor Hall is doing all that she can to help the poor people in Africa. If I were her I would express the problem to the world then raise money to help those in Africa WE could stop th terrible suffering for people in Africa.
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