Mini Plant Challenge – sensor kit
$65.00
Regular price
$130.00
Cultivate your love of STEM with the Mini Plant Challenge and sensor kit!
A green thumb’s dream, this kit comes with an online mini challenge aligned to Level 4 of the NZ Curriculum. We will email this to you once you've completed your order.
Over the course of 4–6 weeks, your ākonga will trial, design and innovate a controlled hydroponic system to grow microgreens – all to answer the ultimate question:
I wonder how to grow food sustainably?
What's included in the sensor kit?
- 4 x LED display modules
- 4 x Battery holder
- 4 x Main board
- 1 x Humidity sensor
- 1 x Light sensor
- 1 x Conductivity sensor
- 1 x Temperature sensor
To complete your crop, you’ll need to source:
- 12 x AAA batteries
- Microgreen seeds
- Grow mat (paper towels, cotton balls, hemp or coconut coir)
- Plastic containers with lids
- Recyclable materials to create a greenhouse prototype (cardboard, plastic sheets)
- Large clear plastic bags/sheets
- Classroom equipment like scissors, tape and hot glue guns