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kelseys-webquest.ppt Kelsey’s webquest: robots
Gabby and Ellie’s Webquest: Robots in the House
elly-p-webquest.ppt Robotics Webquest: life as a robot
Robotics and Engineers claudias-webquest.ppt
mandys-webquest.ppt Robots in the Home
victorias-webquest.ppt Robots in the Military
Robots in the Military louisess-webquest.ppt
moniques-webquest.ppt Robots Helping in the House
alyce-and-natalliyas-webquest.ppt Robots and Engineers
hannah-and-angel-webquest.ppt Robotis in the medical world:
natalies-webquest.ppt Natalie’s Webquest: Scientists and Robots
Emma H’s Webquest: Doctors and Robots emma-h-webquest.ppt
mikaelarobitics.ppt Mikaela’s Webquest
Elizabeth’s Webquest: Life As A Robot Elizabeth’s Webquest
gens-ppoint.ppt Genevieve’s Webquest: Robots in the House
LEGO Mindstorms NXT
This is a must see girls.. this is the gentleman who invented the Lego robotics brick. He is doing an interview on an American news channel. This is the new version of our yellow RCX brick.
Watch what the man can do with it... you will be doing something very similar later today.
The following is the website for your project…
http://www.yarramanpark.vic.edu.au/webquest.html#sense
We will discuss the project together as a whole class (please do not start until we have done this).
Reflection Questions:
What rights do you think robots should have, if any?
Do they have a right to learn?
Do they have the right to own things or have a say in what it does?
If a robot feels emotion, should we be as kind and thoughtful towards it as we would be towards a human?
LEGO ROBOTICS TASK #5: PAPER PATHWAYS
Next, you will prepare a pathway of several A4 sheets of paper connected by black marks. Then you will programme you robot to record (using a light sensor/ motion sensor) how may times they crossed a black line and how long it took to travel from line to line. The robot will also record the total distance. At the end, using the ‘Investigator’ section of the Robolab software, you can download a graph of the task and interpret.
Read ‘The Future of Robots’. Follow up with a class discussion.Individual response: ‘What do you think robots will be doing in the Year 2100?’ ‘How will everyday life be different as a result?’Present results in a table. One column makes predictions about tasks robots will complete in 2100, the other will outline how such tasks are done now.
LEGO ROBOTICS TASK #4
Today you are going to programme your RCX robots to carry a message from one Year 6 classroom to the other.
LEGO ROBOTICS TASK #3
Today you are going to programme your robot to measure levels of light (by connecting a light sensor). Before you start building, you will need to make predictions about the lightest and darkest places in the classroom. Once you have collected the data onto the RCX you will need to download a graph of the data and then prepare a written interpretation of you findings.
There are two parts to your next fabulous task…
Firstly, you are going to complete an Inspiration Mind Map in response to the question
‘What do we know about robots?’
Secondly, you are going to complete a Robotics PMI which shows how robots are changing our lives in: our homes, medicine, industry, military, and science.
You can use the reference books in our classroom, the list of suggested websites, and of course the best reference you have…. your existing knowledge.
LEGO ROBOTICS TASK 2:
Using Lego and ROBOLAB, you and a partner will design and produce a robotic device which will move to music for 1-2 minutes in a 150 x 150cm space. Be prepared to present your dancing robots to the rest of the class.
Robot Discovery Webquest:
In groups of 4 you will complete the following webquest http://www.windarooss.qld.edu.au/WebQuests.html
You will go through the following process of exploration:·
Choose a role from scientist, doctor, engineer, home owner, military officer or robot, and individually investigate the following questions:
How is your character’s life being changed by robotics?
How would your character think or feel about the changes?
Your ideas must be supported with evidence found in websites provided in the webquest.
Be prepared to share your findings with your group, then complete the rest of the task as a whole group.
World Record Robots Timeline:
You will need to use the following websites to investigate world record making robots (in small groups):
First Robot Surgeon (RoboDoc): http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2005_Groups/04/timeline.html
Furthest a robot has traveled on land by remote control (Nomad):
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/08/970806054806.htm
Most valuable toy robot (Masudaya Machine Man):
Fastest selling robot (Aibo):
Smallest working robot (Robomaus Monsieur Epson) :
Most expensive domestic robot (TMSUK IV):
Longest robot flight (Global Hawk): http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/Posters/globalhawk.htm
What Is A Robot?
In your group you are going to come up with a definition of a ‘robot’. You must all agree on the definition. Consider the different types of robots? What do they do? What are the major components of a robot?
Click on the link below to watch a video of 4 dancing robots… do yours look like these?
Click on the above link to open a KWL chart.
Don’t forget ot save it into your ‘Robotics’ folder before you start filling it in.
Web Quest Worksheet
start at wms.inet.watertown.k12.ma.us/IT
to find the answers to these questions
Related Work Sheet: http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/wms/industrialtechnology/8_webquest_worksheet.html
Hi Girls.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it…
In pairs, you have 30 minutes to explore the Lego Mindstorms software and Lego equipment. Your challenge is to create something that will move between two points plotted approximately 1 metre apart on a table.
Enjoy!
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