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Smart Farming with Automated Watering

  • Difficulty: Grade 6-8
  • Time: 40-90 minutes
  • Categories: Smart Farming

In this lesson, we will explore the practices of traditional farming and then discover how we can use technology to create more sustainable farming practices. In the ‘Take Action’ section of the lesson, we will construct and code a smart farming system that’s capable of automatically watering and lighting a plant!

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What this lesson includes

  • Lesson Content

    Innovative Agricultural Technologies

  • Real-World Example

    GoodLeaf Farms

  • Coding Tutorial

    Block-based

  • Assessment

    N/A

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Overview Accordion

Learning Goals

  • Discover the different between traditional farming and smart farming
  • Learn how using smart farming technology can better support the environment
  • Design, build, and code your own automated watering system

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 Nations Sustainable Development Goals

2: Zero Hunger

6: Clean Water and Sanitation

15: Life on Land