Thirst Quencher

Thirst Quencher

Plant Watering Robots
Lesson: 2.3
Level:
Advanced
Station: Soil Management
Format: Class Project
Rating:
Advanced Lesson 2.3 Thirst Quencher

Lesson Overview

Commercial farms are using all sorts of automation to manage the function that farm hands did in the past. In this lesson, students will conceive an automated water system and create a set of design specs for its production.

Teach the Teacher

Method

Automation allows a food production operation to scale for max production. Could you imagine watering 5000 starts by hand? What about 10,000 starts! Imagine a completely autonomous self-monitoring watering system.

What functions and controls would it have in the process? How would soil moisture be tested and the proper amount of water calculated and applied? Would it also be able to determine the proper time to administer a dose of nutrients?

Design a set of plans for your system along with a cost analysis to build it in the Lab.

Related Lessons

Now that you’ve completed the Advanced Lesson, just remember that you can always revisit the Beginner and Intermeidate Lessons as needed.

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