A fun time-lapse photography project with the Raspberry Pi Camera Board and cress seed
In this resource you will grow some cress from seeds and record a time-lapse film of them growing over a period of one week.
- What time-lapse photography is
- How cress seeds germinate and grow
- How to make a time-lapse film
As well as a Raspberry Pi with an SD card loaded with Raspbian, you'll also need:
- Raspberry Pi Camera Module
- Camera Module 360 gooseneck mount (from modmypi.com)
- libav-tools
See more information on installing this package on the software installation page.
- An area with sunlight that can be left undisturbed for long periods of time
- Eggs
- Saucepan to boil the eggs in
- Egg cup holders
- Cotton wool
- Washing up liquid and bowl
- Pencils or crayons
- Kitchen roll
- Flip book (if possible, can be about anything)
- Dinner knife
- Teaspoon
- Plate
- Plastic spray bottle with trigger
- Packet of cress seeds
Unless otherwise specified, everything in this repository is covered by the following licence:
Cress Egg Heads by the Raspberry Pi Foundation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
Based on a work at https://github.com/raspberrypilearning/cress-egg-heads