Teaching atmospheric physics using Arduino-based tools.

Students are generally sensitive to and curious about changes in their environment and special phenomena, even though they do not want to invest too much energy into acquiring knowledge in this field. However, the school curriculum is not flexible enough to respond to this demand immediately. Therefore, the science teacher should find the appropriate methods to explain these natural phenomena to the youngsters. This paper is based on a project and experiment, which were applied successfully during the past school years with the Science Club students in Székely Mikó High School. Arduino measuring devices were designed and based on these a school mini meteorological station was built. During the project the students gained knowledge about atmospheric physics phenomena and improved their technical skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]