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Challenge 098 · Ages 1016

Smart Home Planner

Design a smart home.

Primary STEAM area

Engineering

The Challenge

What will your learner investigate?

Can you design a smart home. and explain the choices that make your solution effective?

Learning outcomes

  • Define the design problem and identify useful constraints.
  • Build or model a solution using an iterative engineering process.
  • Test performance, analyse evidence and improve the design.

Connected learning

Computing: connected systems; Science: electricity and energy; Mathematics: planning and measurement; Design & Technology: user-centred design.

Dream Areas

Smart-home engineeringIoT developmentarchitectureelectrical engineeringsustainable technology