There were so many Aha moments at my externship that I cannot really tell where the big aha is. I have visited a solar power plant, two substations, talked to engineers and technicians, tracked the storm and power outages while it was ongoing, and observed customer interactions at one of Halifax Electric’s Office. I get excited thinking about the applications and the appreciation that my students should have when it comes to map reading, architectural designing of power plants, distribution and even the maintenance of the power station and the grid.

At the Lake Gaston Chamber of Commerce, my aha moment was when I was using the Geographic Information System (GIS) at one of the websites we were getting the information from. My students can use real-time data, generate frequency tables and plot their findings based on what they have gathered. This time they will really know the relevance of these mathematical concepts in the real-world.