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Notes for Teachers

Teacher will ask students to make a team of 3 or 4 people (or she/he can make the teams in advance).
Teacher will use the PowerPoint presentation to teach the lesson.
Teacher will ask questions throughout the lesson and she/he will ask students to write in their responses in their journals.
Then she/he will ask students to share their responses with their team members.
She/he will review the answers as a whole class.
At the end of the lesson, teacher will guide students to a whole class discussion, during a gallery walk, celebrating success!!
Reflections or homework at the end of the class in their journals.
This lesson can be taught in a regular class or club.

List of Materials

LEGOs (any type of LEGOs, regular or robotics LEGOs - NXT, EV3, Mindstorms, SPIKE)
Lesson slides
Student journals

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Standards

ISTE

1.4. Innovative Designer

Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.

1.4.c. develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.

Core Ideas for Using Science:

U2: The knowledge produced by science is used in engineering and technologies to solve problems and/or create products.

ELA:

EL.6-8.S6. Participate in grade appropriate oral & written exchanges of info, ideas, & analyses, responding to peer, audience, or reader comments & questions.

PE/E-1: participate in conversations and discussions about familiar topics.

B-1: participate in discussions about familiar topics and texts.

I-1: participate in extended conversations & discussions about a variety of topics & texts.

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Objective(s):

After this activity, students should be able to:

Learn the concepts of what a robot is.
Building a model of a robot (not a functioning robot).
Explain what is a robot, the parts of a robot, the advantages and disadvantages of having a robot.
Write in their journals about their knowledge of robots and their new discoveries.
Discuss with their team members about their learning about robots.
Present their creations to the class as they discuss their robots tasks.

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Agenda (120-180 minutes)

First: teacher will ask students to make a team of 3 or 4

(or teacher can have the teams in advance).

Second, the teacher will show the lesson slides (PowerPoint provided).

Finally, students will build then show their robots to the class during a gallery walk and then write their reflections in their journals.

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Intro

What do you think is a robot? Have you seen a robot in your life? Point to things around the classroom and ask students if they think that is a robot (examples: electronic clock, Chromebooks, mouse, etc).

PowerPoint presentation:

Robots Everywhere

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Hands-on Activity Instructions

Using the LEGO box provided, you will be able to build your robot.

Constraints:

Your robot will be able to perform a task:

Help community
Cleaning
Laundry
Deliver something
Any kind of job

Use your creativity and have fun!

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Assessment

Formative assessment:

Teacher will use student journals to check for students’ understanding (journal reflections).

Summative assessment:

At the end of students presentations and gallery walk, teacher will ask the students to write a short (one page) reflection or homework that reflects their learning about robots. What were the challenges of building robots. What were the challenges or advantages of working with a team?

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Differentiation

Teacher will brainstorm ideas with class before building robots.
Close captions for ELA students as needed.
Provide key vocabulary with images on an anchor chart or word wall.
Provide sentence stems or frames for students to use.

Remediation

Extension/Enrichment

Students who are successful building their robots may work on the functionality of their robot.

You can allow students to work with the motor if applicable.

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