The Sensor Swan

A Milton (MA) middle school teacher and GK-12 WISP Fellow turned to Bob Chen for help in designing an environmental sensor system with their 7th grade class. Bob and the Center for Environmental Sensing Networks (CESN) took on the project, donating their time to help the 7th graders design the sensor system themselves using technology and engineering standards. "They figured out what they could measure and wanted to measure," said Bob, "and they figured out that it should look like a duck so that it wouldn't bother the neighbors." The CESN staff modified the design a bit, turning the duck into a swan so that all of the devices would fit.

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