Schools need equipment for experiments and you need materials to work with. Amateur Radio Provides Hands-on Experience with Science and Math Something that kids find fascinating and that you can use as a resource for science and other subjects is Amateur Radio . Students get hands-on experience with math by learning about electricity. Ham radio spices up geography lessons when students speak with other hams. You have Amateur Radio neighbors that you may not know about.
Hams enjoy demonstrating their radios to anyone, but especially to youth.
They help students talk to people around the world and locate those places on the globe. They show students how they hook up radios to computers, microphones and Morse code keys to communicate. They know the values the hobby brought to their learning, careers and avocations. They visit schools again and again because they want to share these values with youth. The beginner level license is easy to obtain.