Imagine that you are an Agricultural Engineer who needs to help design a smart farming system to help make watering plants more efficent.
Work in a group to design, build & code your own smart watering system using the Climate Action Kit!
As you go through the steps below, you may wish to use our Design Journal Template to keep track of your work.
Step 1
Research smart farms. You may way to look-up ‘vertical farming’, ‘automated farming’, and ‘hydroponic farming’ for different examples.
Step 2
Plan what features your system will have and decide what building blocks, sensors, smart components, and craft materials you will need for building.
Step 3
Build your prototype, then connect it to Microsoft MakeCode to add code.
Step 4
Test and debug until the device works.
SUCCESS CRITERIA
I can build a smart farming system with the Climate Action Kit that uses at least:
- one sensor to measure environmental data (e.g. moisture levels)
- one control structure (e.g. conditional, loop) to automate farming steps based on environmental conditions and/or user input
Don’t feel limited by this. You can get creative and add more features if you would like!