Piper Make Soil Sensor

Piper Make Soil Sensor

• Grades: 3+
• Number of Students: Recommended 1 per kit
• Additional Resources: Piper Make Soil Sensor Blueprint, Play Piper Make Portal, Piper Make Playbooks

PLEASE NOTE: Soil Sensor is an add-on and REQUIRES a Piper Make Base Station with the Raspberry Pi Pico to get started (sold separately). 

Highlights:

Soil Sensor is a fun way to build and code a tool that measures the moisture in soil! Soil Sensor is an add-on and REQUIRES a Piper Make Starter Kit with the Raspberry Pi Pico to get started (sold separately). 

Curriculum or Lesson Plans:

Learn how to use a simple sensor made out of common household pieces to measure conduction and water content (and use it to jam out on your own air guitar)! 

This kit includes two lessons free and accessible on make.playpiper.com (Soil Sensor and Air Guitar).

What's Included:

• Soil Sensor
• Resistors (1 MOhm and 330 Ohm)
• Alligator Clip Wires
• Bar Graph LED
• Plastic Plant Stake
• Copper Tape
• Foil Squares
• Blueprint
• Piper Make Sticker

Technical Requirements:

Piper Make is designed to work with Chromebooks, or any other computer using a Chrome browser – just connect to your computer using the included micro-USB to USB-A cable.

Special Notes and Considerations:

PLEASE NOTE: Soil Sensor is an add-on and REQUIRES a Piper Make Base Station with the Raspberry Pi Pico to get started (sold separately).