Piper Make Soil Sensor

Soil Sensor is a fun way to build and code a tool that measures the moisture in soil! Soil Sensor is an add-on and REQUIRES a Piper Make Starter Expedition Kit with the Raspberry Pi Pico to get started (sold separately).

Learn how to use a simple sensor made out of common household pieces to measure conduction and water content (and use it to jam out on your own air guitar)!

This kit includes two lessons free and accessible on make.playpiper.com Piper Make (Soil Sensor and Air Guitar).

Recommended for ages 8+.

Soil Sensor
Resistors (1 MOhm and 330 Ohm)
Alligator Clip Wires
Bar Graph LED
Plastic Plant Stake
Copper Tape
Foil Squares
Blueprint
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For educators, our Piper Make online platform includes tools to facilitate teaching with Piper Make! Resources such as Educator Guides and a full suite of Google collaboration tools including Classroom Share Button, Google Single Sign On (SSO), and Save to Google Drive functions are free and available at make.playpiper.com.

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