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Cress Egg Heads

A fun time-lapse photography project with the Raspberry Pi Camera Board and cress seed

What you will make

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 you will learn

  • What time-lapse photography is
  • How cress seeds germinate and grow
  • How to make a time-lapse film

Requirements

As well as a Raspberry Pi with an SD card loaded with Raspbian, you'll also need:

Hardware

  • Raspberry Pi Camera Module
  • Camera Module 360 gooseneck mount (from modmypi.com)

Software

  • libav-tools

See more information on installing this package on the software installation page.

Extras

  • 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

Worksheet

Licence

Unless otherwise specified, everything in this repository is covered by the following licence:

Creative Commons 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

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