Grades 6-12 (Kit)
This kit is designed to use during Activity 3: Stage 5 of the Hen House Engineering lesson plan. In a modern hen housing system, fans turn on automatically to maintain air quality and lights are programmed to turn on and off to simulate a 16-hour day year-round. Have students use this microcontroller to program the lights and a fan to run automatically in their hen house model. Sample Arduino program (Power Point)
Materials
Included Assembly Materials:
- Arduino Microcontroller - Programmed with Arduino
- BreadBoard
- Arduino and breadboard Holder
- USB Mini-B Cable
- Wall adapter power supply
- Jumper wires
- Test leads - alligator clip with pigtail
- LEDs
- Resistors
- Screwdriver
Assembly Materials (not included):
- Computer (Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux)
- Arduino Software
If you are new to working with Arduino microcontrollers, visit our Arduino page for additional information. View lessons associated with this resource on the National Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix.
