A Neighborkid Hunt for Electric Transformer Boxes

Today a few of the neighborkids (Dalisha, Dareeona and Da'Sean) and I followed up on our commitment to 6-year-old Hydaren and to our neighborhood as a whole.  Block-by-block, we explored our neighborhood to identify anything that looks like it might be an electric transformer box, so that we can check with Florida Power & Light to make sure all the boxes are safe, so that no other kids (or adults) get shocked when they are playing or exploring.  This is especially important since Scavenger Hunting Season (which begins as soon as school lets out) is less than three months away, and we want to make sure that our opportunities to explore  (which is how we discover, invent, and otherwise learn) are not limited by safety issues in the neighborhood.

Today's scavenger hunters:  

Dalisha, Da'Sean and Dareeona (& Gus!)

First we drove to the Orange Avenue apartment complex to take a look at the transformer box where Hydaren got hurt, so we would have a clearer sense of what the transformer boxes look like, so that we'd be able to spot other ones in the neighborhood.  We remembered what the box looked like in the picture we saw in the newspaper article, and here's the picture that Dareeona took of what we are pretty sure is the same box today:

Then as we drove around the neighborhood, Dalisha and Da'Sean looked along the right side of the street, while Dareeona looked along the left side.  Anytime one of the kids spotted a box that looked like it might be an electric transformer, they took a picture with my cell phone.  Here are the boxes everybody spotted:

  

 

Our next step will be to share these pictures with the electric company and ask for their help in figuring out which of these are actually electric boxes, so we can make sure all are up-to-date with being tested and cleared for safety.  

Stay tuned...