Sample IT Activities (Primary Schools)

Case I2: Model Smart Home

Complexity	Elementary – Medium
Target Level	P3 – P6

Objective:
To design and implement a smart home using ideas of IoT.

Description:
To illustrate ideas of IoT, household environment is perhaps the most suitable area of application because it is the closest connection with students as they all live in their homes.

To maximize students’ involvement, a model smart home will be used to simulate the full-scale smart home instead:

*Full-scale*	*Model*
Household	Floor plan on A4 plate
Lighting	LED
Air-conditioner	3 V motor fan
Wifi/router/internet	Radio communication
Smartphone	Micro-processor
Smartphone	Micro-processor programming

“Model Smart Home” allows students to involve in details which are inaccessible when in full-scale, in a safe and interesting environment

Hardware	Model appliances Floor plan on A4 plate Micro-processor (Home) Micro-processor (Phone) Tablet / Laptop / PC with Internet connection
Software	Common programming languages like Make Code / Scratch
Cloud Services	N/A
Major Activities	Draw home floor plan Design IoT elements to be adopted Design and make model appliances Connect model appliances to micro-processor (Home) on floor plan Program micro-processor (Home) Program micro-processor (Phone)
Learning Objective(s)	To know the possibilities offered by IoT To design and build a smart home To handle electrical components such as LED, motor, resistor, etc. To program micro-processors
Duration	Theoretical sessions: 10 hours Practical sessions: 10 hours Competition event: 5 hours
Target No. of Students	About 20 students per workshop