Electronics across the Curriculum : Resource Materials
Welcome to the web site for the ASISTM project : electronics across the curriculum. This project, funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training involved teachers from Immanuel College, Mitcham Girls High School, Mount Gambier High School, Salisbury High School and Unley High School. The aim of the project was to develop resources which would promote the use of electronics in an integrated way across Science, Technology and Mathematics. The main purpose of this website is to make these resources available to other schools. Please note that some of the resources are large documents. You can request a copy of the project CD if you prefer. The details are at the bottom of the page.
A copy of the project report which contains further details of the project is available here [Project Project]
In addition teams of students from the Schools participated in an industry based project to learn more about how electronics is applied. The two industry based projects involved the development of a set of synchronised clocks for Codan and the building of an irrigation system for the University of South Australia’s bio-filtration channel which involved the development of soil moisture probes and a solar powered pump.
A copy of the bio-filtration project report from Mitcham Girls High School and Unley High School are available here:
Design of the Soil Moisture Probe Report from Mitcham Girls High School: [Mitcham Project]
Design of the Solar Powered Pump Report from Unley High School: [Unley Project]
A number of resources were developed for the project. These include a component recognition board, the design and build of a racing car with associated mathematics of vehicle control, the design and building of an electronic soil moisture probe with associated science of water and soil and a set of curriculum materials based around the theme of water management with a particular focus on grey water reuse which includes the study of the biochemistry, physics and maths of grey water, the construction of the soil moisture probe and the development of an open ended activity in which students build a model of grey water capture and reuse in the context of a house.
You can find links to these resources here. Some of the files are very large. If you would like a copy of a CD with these resources on them then please contact the project manager : Brenton Dansie at the University of South Australia by phone on +61 8 8302 3122 or preferably by email at brenton.dansie@unisa.edu.au .You can also contact Brenton if you would like more information on the project regarding the hardware and software components that were used.
If you wish to order any of the following hardware, please fill up the [Order Form].
Component Recognition Board EnviroCar Soil Moisture Probe Water Management Project Fun and Games
