Water Ops for Growing
Through project-based learning, students design and create a smart watering system for a small herb garden.

Background
Lesson Activities
Recommended Companion Resources
Credits
Author
John Teuscher | CCA PBL Team
Sources
Moisture Sensor and Watering Mechanism Photo Credit: https://makecode.microbit.org/projects/plant-watering
Standards
National Content Area Standards
- Career & Technical Education
- AFNR (Grades 6-8): Career Ready Practices
- CRP.10.1: Identify career opportunities within a career cluster that match personal interests, talents, goals and preferences.
- AFNR (Grades 6-8): Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Cluster Skills
- CS.01.02: Examine technologies and analyze their impact on AFNR systems.
- AFNR (Grades 6-8): Career Ready Practices
- Science
- MS-ETS1: Engineering Design
- MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
- MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
- MS-ETS1: Engineering Design