SENSE IT Curriculum


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 math lesson: programming NXT
(Worksheet, Word)

Add-on math lesson: datalogging

Add-on math lesson: conductivity
(Teacher, PDF) (Teacher, Word)
(Images, Word)
(Graph, Excel)

Add-on math lesson: NXT cable making
(Teacher, PDF)