Course Content
Lesson 1: Meet Arduino – The Brain Inside Gadgets
To introduce students to Arduino Uno, a popular microcontroller that brings smart gadgets to life, and to explore its parts using Tinkercad Circuits.
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Lesson 2: Input – How Does Arduino Sense?
To help students understand input sensors and how Arduino uses them to collect information from the environment.
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Lesson 3: Output – How Does Arduino React?
To help students understand output devices and how Arduino reacts by sending signals to devices like LEDs or buzzers.
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Lesson 4: Make a Smart Light!
To understand how smart circuits using sensors like LDRs can help automate everyday tasks, like turning on lights only when needed — saving energy and making life easier.
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Lesson 5: Your First Arduino Code!
To introduce the basics of programming Arduino using simple block-based coding so that students understand how code can control electronic components like LEDs.
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Lesson 6: If-This-Then-That Logic
To introduce students to conditional logic used in programming, which helps machines like Arduino make decisions based on real-world data like temperature or light.
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C7: Arduino Basics & I/O with Tinkercad Circuits
  1. What are input sensors?
    Input sensors are devices that detect changes in the environment and send signals to the Arduino. They help Arduino understand its surroundings.

  2. How does a push button work as input?
    When you press the button, it completes a circuit and sends a signal (usually HIGH) to the Arduino. It’s like saying “Yes” or “Now!”

  3. What is an LDR and what does it do?
    An LDR (Light Dependent Resistor) changes its resistance based on light. More light = lower resistance. Arduino can read this change to know if it’s bright or dark.

  4. Where are these inputs connected?

    • Digital pins for on/off signals like buttons

    • Analog pins for variable signals like from LDR or temperature sensors

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