Light Up Our Streets: Building Automatic Street Lights with Global Partners

Students investigate the importance of street lighting in their communities. They identify areas where street lights are needed, observe unnecessary electricity usage and discuss how poor lighting affects pedestrians, cyclists and road users. They share their observations, photographs and findings with partner classrooms and compare local challenges.

Students work in teams to design and build an Automatic Street Light Controller using electrical circuits and light sensors. They develop a simple program using mBlock to automatically switch the model street light ON when the surroundings become dark and OFF when sufficient daylight is available. Students test their prototypes under different lighting conditions, identify problems and improve their designs. They exchange photographs, circuit diagrams and programming ideas with international partner classrooms.

Student teams present their completed prototypes to partner classrooms through presentations or recorded videos. They demonstrate how their automatic street lights work, explain the science behind their designs and discuss how their solutions can reduce unnecessary electricity consumption. Students exchange constructive feedback and reflect on their learning and improvements.