Internet of Things (IoT) for Kids
Introduction
The Internet of things curriculum has specially been designed for students for grade 7+ to introduce them to the wonders of IoT, home automation, and plant health monitoring through exciting hands-on STEM activities and projects.
- Prerequisites: Completed Physical Computing for Kids Level 2
- Kits Required: Evive
- Programming Software: PictoBlox (Block Coding)
Learning Outcomes
After completing this curriculum, students will have a basic understanding of IoT, home automation and plant health monitoring. The activities in this curriculum, focusing on experiential learning, will help them develop skills such as DIY-ing, problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, and teamwork.
10
Lessons
10+
Activities
10+
Learning Hours
7+
Grades
Curriculum Lesson Plan
Module 1: Internet of Things Basics
Lesson 1.1: IoT – Send Data to Cloud using ESP8266
- Objective: Basics of Internet of things (IoT) and how to send data to the cloud (ThingSpeak) using ESP8266 Wi-Fi module.
- Activity: Publishing sensor data on the cloud for monitoring application using an evive & ESP8266.
- Learning Outcome: What is the Internet? | What is the Internet of Things?
- Mode: Practical
Lesson 1.2: IoT – Retrieve Data from Cloud using ESP8266
- Objective: How to get retrieve data from ThingSpeak (Cloud) in an IoT system using evive and ESP8266?
- Activity : Retrive data from cloud
- Learning Outcome: In this activity, students will retrieve the last entry of the data that they have sent to the cloud (ThingSpeak channel) using evive and ESP8266 and show it on evive Display.
- Mode: Practical
Lesson 1.3: IoT – Getting Weather Data from Internet
- Objective: How to get the weather data for a location using API requests from OpenWeatherMaps API?
- Activity: Getting the temperature data of a location using evive, ESP8266 and OpenWeatherMaps API.
- Learning Outcome: What are APIs and OpenWeatherMap API?
- Mode: Practical
Module 2: Home Automation
Lesson 2.1: Publishing Temperature and Humidity on Internet
- Objective: Publish temperature and humidity data on ThingSpeak (Internet) using DHT11 sensor, evive, and ESP8266.
- Activity : Publish Weather Data on Internet
- Learning Outcome: students will learn how to publish temperature and humidity data on ThingSpeak (Internet) using DHT11 sensor, evive, and ESP8266.
- Mode: Practical
Lesson 2.2: Soil Moisture Sensor
- Objective: Learn how to measure and monitor the soil moisture using evive and PictoBlox to keep plants healthy.
- Activity: Reading the soil moisture level and displaying it on evive Display.
- Learning Outcome: What is a soil moisture sensor? | Circuit diagram of a soil moisture sensor interfaced with evive.
- Mode: Practical
Lesson 2.3: Detecting Motion with PIR Sensor
- Objective: Publish temperature and humidity data on ThingSpeak (Internet) using DHT11 sensor, evive, and ESP8266.
- Activity : Making a motion detecting system using a PIR sensor, evive, and PictoBlox.
- Learning Outcome: What is a PIR sensor or motion detector sensor? | What is the different mode of operation of a PIR sensor?
- Mode: Practical
Lesson 2.4: Relay Module
- Objective: Basics of the relay module, its working principle, and circuitry. Make a project to control the light bulb using evive and relay.
- Activity: Controlling a light bulb using relay and evive.
- Learning Outcome: What is a relay module and how does it work?
- Mode: Practical
Lesson 2.5: Home Automation using Voice Commands
- Objective: Make a voice-activated light bulb using evive, Dabble and relay module and do home automation.
- Activity : make a home automation project.
- Learning Outcome: In this activity, students will make a home automation project, where they will be controlling the light bulb using voice commands on the smartphone – Lights on & Lights off.
- Mode: Practical
Lesson 2.6: Touch Switchboard
- Objective: Make a capacitive touch-based switchboard which controls the light bulb by touching fruits.
- Activity: Students will make a switchboard which will control a light bulb by touching the touchpad.
- Learning Outcome: In this activity, students will make a switchboard which will control a light bulb by touching the touchpad. If you touch the touchpad, switch bulb will start glowing, and if you touch it again bulb will be off.
- Mode: Practical
What will you need to Conduct this Curriculum?
STEM Classroom Bundle
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PictoBlox Software
Graphical Programming Software for kids to make games, animation, and program robots.
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