🏡 The Daily Life Challenge: A STEAM Technology & Sustainability Game 🧠📱

💡 Concept:

Students (16 years old) will become “SmartLife Innovators” tasked with designing a sustainable, tech-enhanced daily life system for a home, school, or community. They’ll use STEAM skills to solve problems related to energy use, time management, health, and digital living.

🕹️ Game Setup & Rules

• 📌 Teams: 4–5 students
  
  
• 📌 Objective: Create the most innovative and sustainable daily life system using technology
  
  
• 📌 Time Limit: 60–90 minutes
  
  
• 📌 Winning Criteria: Most practical, creative, and tech-integrated solution
  
  

🔹 Round 1: Daily Habits Audit (Sensors & IoT) 📲📊

💬 Challenge: Where is energy, time, or resources being wasted in everyday life?

✅ Task: Use fictional data from a smart home or lifestyle tracker to identify inefficiencies (e.g., energy overuse, excessive screen time, poor meal planning).

➤ Goal:

• Detect problem areas in routines
  
  
• Suggest tech solutions (timers, alerts, automation, apps)
  
  

🎯 Points for: Thoughtful diagnosis and practical, tech-driven habits

🔹 Round 2: Smart Living Design (Home Tech & Engineering) 🏠⚙️

💬 Challenge: How can we build smarter, more efficient environments?

✅ Task: Design a space (bedroom, kitchen, classroom) equipped with smart systems (e.g., energy-efficient lighting, smart appliances, ergonomic furniture)

➤ Goal:

• Illustrate how your system supports sustainability and comfort
  
  
• Optional: Build a 3D model or digital layout
  
  

🎯 Points for: Creativity, user-friendliness, and sustainability

🔹 Round 3: Life Automation Code (Programming & Logic) ⏰🤖

💬 Challenge: How can automation make life smoother and greener?

✅ Task: Build a routine assistant or automation tool (e.g., app reminders, wellness checkers, smart alarm systems)

➤ Goal:

• Define logic (e.g., “If user sleeps < 6 hrs, recommend bedtime wind-down”)
  
  
• Simulate or visualize the tool using simple code or logic diagrams
  
  

🎯 Points for: Clarity, utility, and tech relevance

🔹 Round 4: Future Life Pitch (Innovation & Communication) 🧠🚀

💬 Challenge: What future lifestyle tech could enhance how we live?

✅ Task: Invent a new product or system — examples:

• AI-powered personal wellness assistant
  
  
• Sustainable fashion recommendation app
  
  
• Modular smart furniture
  
  

➤ Goal:

• Create a pitch deck or prototype concept
  
  
• Present it in a 2-minute tech showcase
  
  

🎯 Points for: Originality, lifestyle relevance, and pitch quality

🏆 Final Scoring & Award Ceremony 🎉

Teams total their points across all rounds.
🏅 Titles awarded:

• 🥇 Future Life Designers – Best innovation
  
  
• 🥈 Smart Routine Engineers – Best daily life system
  
  
• 🥉 Everyday Pitch Pros – Best presentation & creativity
  
  

Group Reflection Discussion:
💬 “How can tech improve our everyday lives without harming the planet?”

🌱 Learning Outcomes

✅ Understand smart home and life management technologies
✅ Apply STEAM thinking to real-life routines and sustainability
✅ Use design, logic, and creativity to solve everyday problems
✅ Build collaboration, presentation, and critical thinking skills