Materials List: Sensors for Our Hearts

Each student will need the following to create their heart model:

  • yarn/string ~30.5 cm (or 1 foot)
  • duct tape, ~30.5 (or 1 foot)
  • 5 plastic straws
  • 4 index cards
  • 2 paper cups
  • scissors
  • glue stick
  • 20 craft sticks
  • 3 empty toilet paper rolls
  • paper plate
  • 2 red crayons
  • 2 blue crayons
  • container of red Playdoh
  • container of blue Playdoh
  • science notebook
  • computer/laptop with a web browser 

For the entire class to share/teacher models with:

  • Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense with Headers, available online
  • Merge Cube, available online
  • AnatomyAR Merge Cube App, available on the Apple App Store
  • micro-USB cable
  • computer/laptop and projector with a web browser
  • 3 different colored objects for students to scan—for example, a banana, orange, and apple
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/fiu-2614-sensors-hearts-arduino-engineering-design