Arduino Fundamentals — Grade 7

This hands-on course introduces students to smart systems and automation using Arduino. Each session explores how robots sense, decide, and act — through components like sensors, motors, displays, and wireless communication.

Students build real-world projects such as a digital thermometer, smart fan, RFID lock, and math quiz bot, blending coding, electronics, and creative problem-solving.

What students will be able to do

• Understand how electrical circuits operate and how current flows through a closed loop
• Build a light-responsive system that adjusts LED brightness based on ambient light
• Explain how thermal energy is measured and converted into voltage for sensing
• Understand how Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) simulates analog voltage
• Integrate a Bluetooth module with Arduino to form a wireless control system
• Explain how infrared radiation behaves and how sensors respond to it
• Apply conditional logic and timing functions
• Design and build automated access systems

Topics

1. Button Brain – Reactive Control
2. Robot Vision – Light Sensitivity
3. Digital Thermometer
4. Speed Master – PWM & DC Motor
5. Wireless Control
6. Smart Cooling System
7. Fire Response Robot
8. RFID Door Lock
9. Smart Garage Opener
10. Math Master – Quiz Robot

Skills developed

Learning: critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration
Literacy: information, technology
Life: problem solving, flexibility, initiative, productivity

Standards

NGSS: MS-ETS1-1:4, MS-ETS2-1, MS-PS3-3, MS-PS4-2, MS-PS4-3

Delivered in class. Pairs with the Arduino Fundamentals Kit — Grade 7.