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| Title: Circuits |
| Grade Levels: 3 4 5 |
Date Posted: 09.07.04 |
| Abstract: This unit on circuits was designed for elementary students in grades three through five in accordance with the Michigan Curriculum Framework Science Content Benchmarks. Throu... |
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| Title: Peanut Butter and Jelly Programming |
| Grade Levels: 6 7 8 |
Date Posted: 09.05.04 |
| Abstract: Students will learn the importance of written communication skills and sequential thinking while trying to write a "computer" program on how to make a peanut butter and jelly ... |
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| Title: Natural Born Robots: Body Builders |
| Grade Levels: 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Date Posted: 12.27.04 |
| Abstract: Using craft sticks and rubber bands, students examine their own arms then create a robot arm based on the movement and muscles of a human arm. Though this lesson can be use... |
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| Title: Natural Born Robots: Robots Have Feelings, Too |
| Grade Levels: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
Date Posted: 12.27.04 |
| Abstract: Students build a working, electrically activated model of a robot arm out of craft sticks and flexinol (muscle wire). Though this lesson can be used on its own, it is connect... |
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| Title: Natural Born Robots: Go, Team |
| Grade Levels: 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Date Posted: 12.27.04 |
| Abstract: Students conduct research on the history of robotics, then create and present a robot knowledge web and robot hall of fame. Though this lesson can be used on its own, it is c... |
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| Title: Robots Alive: Mazes and Squiggles |
| Grade Levels: 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Date Posted: 12.27.04 |
| Abstract: Students appreciate the challenge of programming robots by trying to "program" a classmate to pour water and clean up a tennis court blindfolded. Though this lesson can be us... |
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| Title: Robots Alive: Look, No Hands |
| Grade Levels: 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Date Posted: 12.27.04 |
| Abstract: Students explore the difficulty of sensing and programming by giving commands to a classmate to navigate a remote controlled car through a challenge course. Though this lesso... |
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| Title: Robots Alive: Almost Human |
| Grade Levels: 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Date Posted: 12.27.04 |
| Abstract: Students explore similarities between robots and animals, and discuss form and function. Students design a robot to perform a specific task, and explore whether an animal for... |
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| Title: Life's Big Questions: Will Robots Take Over? |
| Grade Levels: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Date Posted: 12.27.04 |
| Abstract: Students drive an RC car by observing the output of an attached camcorder. Students will appreciate the difficulty of guiding a planetary rover. Though this lesson can be us... |
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| Title: MIT Competition: Battle of the Crazy Machines |
| Grade Levels: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
Date Posted: 12.27.04 |
| Abstract: Students design a compound machine, in the spirit of Rube Goldberg, to accomplish a simple task: raise a washer 10cm with no human or electrical power.... |
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