Operation

DROPPY seeks to engage high school students in the use of 3 GLOBE protocols related to the measurement of water safety parameters, which are officially registered:

§ Water Temperature Protocol for Thermometers.

§ Secchi Disk Transparency Protocol (for deep and calm waters).

§ Alkalinity Protocol.

These are centralized in “DROPPY” as an interactive device that has a screen where the results are presented; A storage module that allows us to keep the data obtained and recorded for future interpretation; Two attachments, the first one contains an alcohol thermometer and the second one stock of pH measurement strips; Five buttons, one with the function of selecting and four more with scrolling functions (up, down, left and right); In addition to a camera which incorporates a color detection sensor (TCS-3200) which will be used to record the color obtained in the pH strips following the alkalinity protocol. Additionally, DROPPY will have a kit containing a “Secchi Disk”, pH measurement strips, and a web application.

The “DROPPY” device will generate a QR code that will dump data into your web application where there will be two types of users:

§ Teacher

§ Student

It will be divided into four blocks (This is to make visible the change in the measurements taken by the student according to the four seasons of the year).

§ Winter

§ Spring

§ Summer

§ Autumn

Where the user called “Teacher” will have access to all the content of the platform and will also be able to communicate with the user “Student” to carry out feedback.

Among the roles of this user will be to generate the group, according to the grade taken by the “Student” where the latter will have access to empty the data obtained through the “DROPPY” device.

The “Student” user will only have access to the grade and group to which he was assigned by the “Teacher”, in addition to being able to reply to comments through the application's communication channel.

He will also be able to interact with the “DROPP” avatar, which he can personalize by selecting one of the six colors available in the application.

This web application will have a section where a user guide for the “DROPPY” device and the use of the application in question will be available.

This interface will display the achievements of each completed mission, allowing the unlocking of new avatars and pets.

Through DROPPY we hope that by carrying out water safety measurements, awareness will be generated about water care from an early age to contribute to the social commitment to safeguard the planet, in addition to making young people live with the environment and generating in them a sense of responsibility where they are not isolated from the environmental reality we are going through.

For the realization of this project, the Figma design software was used to create the application interface and AI through Chat GPT for the generation of images.

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