An Automatic Watering System for the "Gulayan sa Paaralan" in Lemery Senior High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Lemery Senior High School like other educational institutions is implementing " Gulayan sa Paaralan". Different plants and vegetables like water spinach, legumes, cabbages and chili pepper are being maintained by the teachers and students in order to support the green project and lessen the malnutrition among the learners of the school. With an aim of developing a prototype which will show how to lessen the drastic effect of climate change, the researchers decided to design and create a project that answers three objectives; First is to create a prototype that applies automatic watering or irrigation for the " Gulayan sa Paaralan" ; Second, is to know the effects of using the project in sustaining the production of plants and vegetables, and lastly to show how technology could be used in the changing environment.

METHODS

The project developers gathered enough information in order to produce a prototype capable of watering or irrigating automatically the plants and vegetables. Consultations and unstructured interview were also done among the teachers and students to know the common problems and concerns related in maintaining the rectangular garden. Through the help of the low-cost microcontroller board -Arduino uno and a thermistor the developers were able to create the prototype that also helped to broaden their knowledge and trained them to practice the field of ICT in a broader scale.

RESULTS

Findings of this project study reveal that the proponents were able to create a prototype for the automatic watering of the plants and vegetables of the rectangular garden using Arduino uno microcontroller. The project really helped the assigned teachers and students in the garden by means of having an automatic watering system that will automatically be activated once the temperature is high. It can be gleaned from the data obtained that the project study has big positive effects for teachers in teaching their classes and learning of the students by applying technology in the environment.

DISCUSSIONS

This project enhances the traditional method of watering the plants and vegetables in the rectangular garden at the Lemery Senior High School by applying and integrating ICT in climate change. The Automatic Watering System which has an integration of modern technology can be an effective and innovative approach in adapting climate change and a good reference for the future ICT project in Lemery Senior High School.