Pet Car Alarm System for TI-84 Plus CE (OS 5.3 and above)
Pets suffer when left unattended in a car on a sunny day. Understand the science behind the greenhouse effect. Use math, computer programming and engineering to design a pet-smart alarm system.
Author: Texas Instruments Inc.
Topic: Biology , Computer Science , STEM
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Design a car alarm system that protects pets from overheating.
Students create a system to measure temperature and the presence of a magnetic field to trigger an alarm.
Greenhouse Effect
Homeostasis of mammals
Temperature scale conversion
Multiple inputs / outputs
Feedback and Control system
Coding concepts:
Loops
Conditional Statements
Variables
Demonstration video link
Project Resources
Download Teacher Document PDF link Word Doc link
Download Student Document PDF link Word Doc link
Download Zipped file of TI-84 Plus CE .8XP program files for all project challenges link
Download TI-84 Plus CE .8XP program file for the final challenge link
Images
Display Image of sun rays striking automobile link
Display Table of internal auto temperatures vs. time link
Display Image of example Pet Car Alarm Project link
Display Image of TI-Innovator Hub set-up diagram for Pet Car Alarm Project link
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Download Learn to do the project PDF link
Setting up
Update your TI-84 Plus CE, TI SmartView CE emulator software and TI-Innovator sketch link
Download a tutorial on using the TI Connect CE software for program editing and transferring files to and from your calculator PDF link
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