Monitor the Weather
WITH ONLY $88- worth of parts—including the Pi at its heart—you can construct a weather station that monitors humidity and temperature, then logs it to a web interface. It’s a great way to learn a bit of Python, pick up the basics of interacting with sensors, and create a project that you could extend later on. It’s not as full-featured as the weather station the Raspberry Pi team gave out to schools ( http://raspberrypi.org/ education/weather-station), however Raspberry Weather’s tutorial is a valuable resource that’ll get you going fast. http://raspberryweather.com