The Arizona STEM Acceleration Project
Design a Rover Part 2
Implementing the Engineering Design Process with Edison Robots and a 3D printer
Design a Rover Part 2
A 6th grade STEM lesson
Melissa Hall
6/27/2023
Notes for teachers
This lesson assumes completion of the lesson plan: Design a Rover Part 1.
I would recommend creating a Tinkercad classroom for your students prior to beginning this lesson. Instructions can be found here.
If students are not familiar with Tinkercad, Students should spend 2 - 3 class periods working through Tinkercad tutorials.
Students work in groups of 2 - 3. These should be the same groups they were in during the Design a Rover Part 1 lesson.
List of Materials:
Technology & Engineering Standards
Innovative Designer:
Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. (Source: ISTE)
Apply a product, system, or process developed for one setting to another setting. (Source: Standards for Technology and Engineering Literacy, International Technology and Engineering Educators Association)
Computer Science Standards
6.AP.PD.1
Seek and incorporate feedback from team members and users to refine a solution that meets user needs.
Objective(s):
This week we are going to employ the Engineering Design Process digitally by utilizing Tinkercad and the 3D printer to design a light and camera holder that will attach to our robots.
Utilize the Engineering Design Process
Agenda (4, 52 min. class periods)
Days 1 & 2:
Day 3:
Day 4:
Intro/Driving Questions/Opening
What worked well with the rover you built last week using legos?
What challenges did you have?
How could you make your rover better?
You have 10 minutes to make any changes to your original design using lego pieces.
Complete question 1 on the 3D Designing your Rover assignment sheet when finished.
What legos did you use to attach your camera and light holder to the robot?
What is the distance between the legos you used when they are attached to the robot?
Design and Build your Rover in Tinkercad
Criteria for your build
71 mm
55 mm
33.6 mm
Share your designs, and get feedback
Present your design to another group to get feedback.
Utilize the Sharing and building on each other’s ideas paper to help guide your conversation.
Utilize feedback to modify your design
What were some possible suggestions for improvement?
How did you modify your design based on the feedback given?
Update your final design in Tinkercad for printing
Put your group member names in the title of your design.
Test out your models
Does your design:
Reflection
What worked well with your final design?
What modifications would you make?
What design do you think worked best and why?
Assessment
Formative Assessment:
Students give and receive feedback for improvement on their design.
Summative Assessment:
Students complete the 3D Designing Your Rover assignment sheet.
Students will be graded using the rubric for 3D Designing Your Rover.
Differentiation
Students may be given ideas on how to design their robot to hold the camera and light source.
Groups can share their models and be given time to modify their design based on what they learned.
Remediation
Extension/Enrichment
Students can be given more constraints, such as the 3D printed rover design needs to be a certain height, or include a certain size opening in order to reach the robot buttons.
Instead of providing code to students for making the lego attachment pieces, they can create these on their own.