SENSE IT Curriculum
Module 1 Module 2 Additional sensors Module 3 Module 4 Education standards addressed by SENSEIT lessons
Module 1
Core lessons
Lesson 1: Sensors and the environment
(Introduction, PowerPoint)
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word)(Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
Lesson 2: Introduction to electricity
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, Word)
(Graph, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Worksheet, Word)
Lesson 3: Temperature vs. resistance characteristics of a thermistor
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, Word)
(Graph, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Worksheet, Word)
Lesson 4: Potential dividers
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, Word)
(Graph, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Worksheet, Word)
Lesson 5: Building a linear temperature sensor
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, Word)
(Graph 5a, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Graph 5b, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Worksheet, Word)
Add-on subject lessons
Add-on math lesson: Simultaneous equations
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Worksheet, Word)
Add-on environmental science lesson: Water quality and temperature
(Site Characterization Worksheet, PDF)
(Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Worksheet, Word)
Add-on lesson: Soldering practice
(Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
Module 2
Core lessons
Lesson 1: Connecting a thermistor to the NXT computer
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, Word)
(Graph 1a, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Graph 1b, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Worksheet, Word)
Lesson 2: Programming the NXT to measure and display sensor signals
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, Word)
(Worksheet, Word)
Lesson 3: Performing mathematical operations on sensor data
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, Word)
(Graph, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Worksheet, Word)
Lesson 4: Linear approximation and calibration of the temperature sensor
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Graph, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Worksheet, Word)
Lesson 5: Programming a calibrated temperature sensor
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, Word)
(Graph 5a, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Graph 5b, Excel) (With value, Excel) (No value, Excel)
(Worksheet, Word)
Add-on subject lessons
Add-on lesson: programming NXT
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word) (Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, Word)
(Worksheet, Word)
Add-on lesson: datalogging
(Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
Add-on lesson: NXT cable making
(Teacher, PDF)
Understanding Resistor Color Codes
(PDF) (Word)
Additional sensors
Conductivity
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word)
(Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, PDF) (Images, Word)
(Graph, PDF)
Turbidity
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word)
(Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, PDF) (Images, Word)
(Graph, PDF)
Depth
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word)
(Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Images, PDF) (Images, Word)
Module 3
Lesson 1: Water as a resource
(PDF) (Word)
Lesson 2: Water quality
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word)
(Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Temperature fact sheet, PDF) (Temperature fact sheet, Word)
(Conductivity fact sheet, PDF) (Conductivity fact sheet, Word)
(Dissolved oxygen fact sheet, PDF) (Dissolved oxygen fact sheet, Word)
(Turbidity fact sheet, PDF) (Turbidity fact sheet, Word)
(Nutrients fact sheet, PDF) (Nutrients fact sheet, Word)
Lesson 3: Environmental justice
(PDF) (Word)
(Case studies, PDF) (Case studies, Word)
Lesson 4: Environmental engineering
(PDF) (Word)
(Career info, PDF) (Career info, Word)
Lesson 5: Sensor development
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word)
(Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(Worksheet, PDF) (Worksheet, Word)
Lesson 6: Sensor networks
(PDF) (Word)
Lesson 7: Math
(Student, PDF) (Student, Word)
(How math makes the world go round, PDF)
(How math makes the world go round, Word)
Module 4
Lesson 1: Wireless sensor networks
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word)
(Images, PDF) (Images, Word)
Lesson 2: Connecting two NXTs via bluetooth
(Images, PDF) (Images, Word)
Lesson 3: Building a distributed sensor network
(Images, PDF) (Images, Word)
Curriculum resources
