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Water Ops for Growing

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

Grades
6 – 8
Estimated Time
Ten 45-minute class periods
Updated
January 31, 2024
Close up view of drip irrigation pipe with water
Image: Pablo Vivaracho Hernandez/Pixabay

Background

Lesson Activities

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.
  • 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.