Trusted by Schools Worldwide
Schools and students can harness the tech to ensure it
Nothing is more important for our children's future than healthy air, clean water — and the knowledge to protect them. Our non-profit project empowers students to safeguard their school's air quality with IoT monitoring stations.
"I never learnt so much in so little time on a project -- Mia, BFIS"
"Teachers now know when to ventilate classrooms -- Martin, IGTF"
A comprehensive educational project that combines hands-on STEM learning with real-world environmental monitoring. There is a purpose beyond education: Our children might be exposed to unhealthy air. This project gives schools and students real-time data about the local area — not just what governments publish broadly.
Integrate IoT, environmental science, and data analysis into your curriculum through practical, hands-on learning experiences.
Monitor air quality to protect community health with real-time alerting when indoor or outdoor indicators reach unhealthy levels.
Join a worldwide network of schools contributing to environmental research and climate change understanding.
Build essential working green tech infrastructure using modern sensors, microcontrollers, and cloud technology.
Everything you need for successful environmental monitoring and education
Order a kit or just our code & plans and make it work with your favourite hardware
Download our code from GitHub. Use our helpful how-to notes.
Use our 3D models to print the enclosures and supports
Our growing community of savvy students and volunteers will help you
Fetch trend analysis data from the global database
Be warned when trends indicate danger or when thresholds are reached
The goal of the SchoolAIR project is to support all the most popular educational microcontrollers, such as Arduino, m5stack and others. Student volunteers constantly port the base software to new platforms. Communications between the microcontroller and sensors are done via standard protocols like I2C, bluetooth and Wifi. This keeps costs to a minimum and creates an open system. SchoolAIR is for students and by students!
| Microcontroller | Assigned School | Deadline | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| M5Stack | Benjamin Franklin International | - | COMPLETED! |
| ESP32-based Microcontrollers | TBD | T2 2025 | Planning |
| Arduino Uno R4 Wi-Fi | TBD | T3 2025 | Planning |
| Arduino Nano 33 IoT | TBD | T3 2025 | Planning |
| Raspberry Pi Pico W | TBD | T4 2025 | Planning |
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor | DFROBOT Gravity sensor for PM1, PM2.5, PM10 detection |
| M5Stack CoreS3 | Microcontroller with Wi-Fi, display, and Grove connectors |
| ENV IV Unit | Temperature, humidity, and air pressure sensor |
| Weatherproof Enclosure | Protective housing with DIN rail mounting |
| Radiation Shield | Protection for accurate temperature readings |
| Cables & Connectors | Grove cables and weatherproof connectors |
Latest developments in the schoolAIR community
The schoolAIR website is now available in 5 languages: English, Spanish, French, Catalan, and Italian. Join our global community!
We're actively seeking schools worldwide to pilot our air quality monitoring stations. Free kits available for qualifying educational institutions.
All hardware designs, software code, and assembly guides are now available on GitHub. Perfect for makers and educators!
We need developers, educators, and environmental enthusiasts to help grow this project. 100% volunteer-driven initiative.
Real numbers from schools using schoolAIR worldwide
Sign up your school and start your students working on a real engineering project!
Get Started TodayMeteorology, environmental science, physics, and chemistry through hands-on experimentation and real data analysis.
Data analysis, statistics, graphing, and pattern recognition using real environmental datasets.
Electronics, programming with MicroPython, IoT concepts, and system architecture design.
Local environmental issues, global climate change, and the intersection of technology and society.
Multiple ways to participate in the schoolAIR project
Ready to start your environmental monitoring project?