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Simple project for 10-11 year old.

patkelly

I'm looking to do a project with some 10-11 year olds in a local school which uses electronics to show how they are feeling. I was thinking about a traffic light system where I can get the children to build the kit and then use it in under an hour. They would move the light to red when frustrated/mad and green for happy etc.

 

I have some of these Multicomp Nano boardsMulticomp Nano boards (1813414) which we can pre-program, and then add the rest of the part to it.

 

Any ideas would be greatfully received

 

Pat

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  • That is a Great Plan.

    The idea and techniques of bio-feedback should be pretty well documented through out the web.

    I guess you would have to figure out how to detect, tune, and amplify the alpha and/or delta wave of the person under test.

     

    -=Syntax Matters=-

  • in reply to billabott

    In fact, there are a couple element14 members who've done GSR project image

     

    Simon Monk created a Lie Detector for his 30 Arduino Project for the Evil Genius book:

     

     

    I tried a couple different approaches for GSR in the Pumping Station: One biosensor array project:

     

    http://www.element14.com/community/groups/pumping-station-one/blog/2011/05/08/ouch-sensing-galvanic-skin-response-gsr

     

    Cheers,

    Drew

  • in reply to fustini

    Thank you for all your help guys, but I'm not sure the school would really like us building lie detectors plus it's a bit too complex for the pupils to get their heads round in an hour. I'm really looking for something that the children can pick up and build in say 20-30 mins that displays a representation of a feeling, using say a board, some LEDs and a switch or two. Maybe I'm looking for the impossible?

  • in reply to patkelly

    In that kind of timeframe your traffic light is probably the best way to go.

     

    If you're using the Nanos, you could just have one momentary switch which when pressed lights the next LED in sequence. So you would have 1 switch on a pin, and 3 different colour LEDs on 3 separate pins.

    If you have computers available, you could make uploading the sketch part of the lesson, in which case you could start with one LED, then add a switch to turn that LED on and off, then go to 3 LEDs.

     

    Would you have the Nanos on breadboards too? There would be plenty for them to learn just with breadboards, uploading sketches, and hooking up switches and LEDs.

     

    Good luck! Hope it goes well image

     

    Cheers,

    -Nico

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  • in reply to patkelly

    In that kind of timeframe your traffic light is probably the best way to go.

     

    If you're using the Nanos, you could just have one momentary switch which when pressed lights the next LED in sequence. So you would have 1 switch on a pin, and 3 different colour LEDs on 3 separate pins.

    If you have computers available, you could make uploading the sketch part of the lesson, in which case you could start with one LED, then add a switch to turn that LED on and off, then go to 3 LEDs.

     

    Would you have the Nanos on breadboards too? There would be plenty for them to learn just with breadboards, uploading sketches, and hooking up switches and LEDs.

     

    Good luck! Hope it goes well image

     

    Cheers,

    -Nico

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