This activity follows the same structure as the previous one, 03 - Climate Scenarios, but instead of visualizing temperature, we are looking at different levels of precipitation, focusing on heavy precipitation days.
We have three projects utilizing two different forms of neopixels, grid, and failry lights as well as the servo motor.
🍎Teacher's Corner - Climate Atlas of Canada
The Climate Atlas of Canada is a great resource to visualize different climate scenarios.
It is also a good source for different data sets you may use in combination with the tools we are learning in this guide.
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We start with the neopixel grid in the next section.
In this activity we are using the Servo Motor we will be able to visualize different scenarios for different time periods of projected mean annual precipitation.
Recent past(2000-2020).
Immediate future ( 2030-2050).
Near future(2060-2080).
Materials
Quantity
Material
Data used for this activity
Assembly Instructions
Functionality
micro:bit A Button
Cycle through the three different timeperiods programmed.
Each time the period is represented by a lit LED on the micro:bit.
micro:bit B Button
Cycle through the three different years within the time period.
Each year is represented by a lit LED on the micro:bit.
micro:bit A+B Buttons
Toggle between low and high-carbon scenarios for the Immediate Future and the Near Future scenarios.
Servo Motor
Display different precipitation levels on the pre-printed cardboard cutout.
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We continue with our rainy weather in the next section, this time we are working with the fairy lights.
With the neopixel fairy lights, we are visualizing precipitation data, as simulated raindrops. There are three levels of precipitation, each represented by a different colour:
Orange = Low precipitation.
Light Blue = Moderate precipitation.
Blue = High precipitation.
Materials
Quantity
Material
Data used for this activity
Assembly Instructions
Functionality
micro:bit A Button
Cycle through the three different timeperiods programmed.
Each time the period is represented by a lit LED on the micro:bit.
micro:bit B Button
Cycle through the three different years within the time period.
Each year is represented by a lit LED on the micro:bit.
micro:bit A+B Buttons
Toggle between low and high-carbon scenarios for the Immediate Future and the Near Future scenarios.
Fairy Light
Display different pulsating colours to represent various levels of precipitation.
MakeCode project - Canada -
Find more projects at our partner's website
In the next section, we embark on a new concept, Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
