Aver-o-Mar School Group, in particular the main school, applied with three projects to the national Apps for Good Electronics. These were: the development of an application for cars, the automation of the greenhouse installed in the school grounds and the creation of an online application to find out where “our” bus is in real time.
As we learnt from yesterday’s press release, it is with great enthusiasm that we share with you that two of our school’s projects have been selected to be part of a small group of 20 teams to receive a KIT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, offered by SYNOPSYS, as part of the national Apps For Good – Electronics project.
Out of these projects developed by 2nd and 3rd cycle students are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. The first two were selected and will be developed by 8th and 5th grade students alike. The kits will be delivered by the end of February, and the students are very excited about this award.
We share the ideas presented, with an explanation by the students, as well as more technical information about the projects.
Regarding the greenhouse, we would also like to highlight its ecological and community value, with flowerbeds tended by students, staff and guardians, especially emigrants. We would also like to mention the fact that a similar structure has sprung up at the Aldeia Elementary School. This was offered by the guardians, and there are organic vegetable gardens in several of the schools in the Group.
Sustainable greenhouse” project – 5th E: Matias Moreira, Laura Costa, Gonçalo Rodrigues, Duarte Costa, Mariana Morim, Inês Canelas and Sirine Martins (teacher in charge: Filipe Santos and Fátima Morais).
This project, called “Myosotis”, aims to tackle the problem of children and/or pets being left behind in parked cars. It is designed to do this in a straightforward way, following the standards of the car industry (CAN-BUS), in order to detect that the car has been locked or immobilised and thus initiate monitoring procedures that will make it possible to detect the presence of humans or mammals inside the car. Upon detection, the system will send an alert signal using long-range wireless communication technology, allowing the user to receive an alert notification.
The third project, although not directly supported, will also be developed, taking advantage of existing resources at the school and enhancing the kits that will be received, as the students’ aim is to create an application to find out where their bus is in real time.
