Light up soft toy with LilyPad
This project will explore two ways of controlling the flow of current to a LED using a button and switch. No programming is initially expected in this project, however once students are comfortable with connecting or sewing their circuits and attaching lights, a follow-up project that involves using a pre built Arduino program to light up a series of lights in order would be a useful next step. This lesson idea was created by Peter Lelong.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 7-8 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Abstraction, Implementation (programming) |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8P07
Design the user experience of a digital system
AC9TDI8P10
Evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria, user stories and possible future impact |
| Keywords | LilyPad Arduino, Programming, Technology, Computer program, CSER, Computer Science Education Research Group, Peter Lelong |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Girls in Tech |
| Organisation | CSER |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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