I teach students how to build customizable Cool Sensors, an indoor or outdoor Internet of Things (IoT) platform that detects environmental conditions. Young adults learn to collect and analyze off-the-grid (OTG) surrounding data which is open source to share with the wider global community. This documented information can then be utilized to influence how decisions are made with government policies related to our natural and digital ecosystems.
Here is a website I created to train other teachers how to use the platform for their classes.
https://sites.google.com/sch.org/cel-introduction-to-html/home
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view of installed sensor unit
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detail view of installed sensor unit
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soil moisture sensor
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solar panel powering the battery and sensors
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full sensor kit
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detail view of the environmental housing and sensor circuitry
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student workstation building a sensor unit
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programming the microcontrollers
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webpage running on raspberry pi displaying sensor data
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webpage running on raspberry pi displaying sensor data
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webpage running on raspberry pi displaying sensor data
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Sensor housing bottom designed in Fusion 360