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Water Conservation using Advanced Agriculture

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  • Time: 40-90 minutes
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Understand how farmers are harnessing technology and automation to minimize their environmental footprint while catering to the expanding global population’s food needs.

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What this lesson includes

  • Lesson Content

    Farming & Agriculture, Water Conservation

  • Real-World Example

    Goodleaf Farms

  • Coding Tutorial

    Block-based

  • Assessment

    N/A

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Overview Accordion

Learning Goals

  • Discover the environmental drawbacks of traditional agricultural farming
  • Learn about how farmers are using advanced agricultural technology to grow food and make farming more sustainable by conserving water
  • Design, build, and code an automated watering system that is capable of displaying the current moisture level to prevent overwatering

Preparation Accordion

Materials

  • Climate Action Kit or Smart Farming Kit
  • micro:bit V2
  • Computer with access to Microsoft MakeCode
  • Two containers for water
  • Optional: Plant

Get to Know the Content

  1. Make sure you've completed our 'Getting Started with the Climate Action Kit' course
  2. If it has been awhile, review the kit components featured in this lesson:
  3. Review the lesson

Standards Accordion

United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals

2: Zero Hunger

6: Clean Water and Sanitation

15: Life on Land