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| Title: What Message Will Your Billboard Send? |
| Grade Levels: 6 |
Date Posted: 01.23.05 |
| Abstract: In this unit, children will work in groups to
design and make a moving billboard for
a specific purpose within their school or
classroom. The project gives them the
opport... |
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| Title: An Introduction to RoboLab |
| Grade Levels: 3 4 5 6 7 |
Date Posted: 01.30.05 |
| Abstract: An Introduction to ROBOLAB is a unit of lessons guiding students and teachers through the process of building science, mathematics, and engineering concepts using PITSCO/LEGO/... |
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| Title: Build a Model Robotic "elbow" and "arm" |
| Grade Levels: 5 |
Date Posted: 01.30.05 |
| Abstract: All machines, including robots, regardless of their complexity, are nothing more than an assembly of interacting simple machines. The major changes in machine development duri... |
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| Title: Build a Directly Controlled Robotic Camera |
| Grade Levels: 11 12 |
Date Posted: 01.30.05 |
| Abstract: After studying a short history of the term 'robots', and the difference between robotics and remote control, students design a robotic camera that will take pictures from a ki... |
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| Title: Seeing Without Eyes |
| Grade Levels: 5 |
Date Posted: 08.27.05 |
| Abstract: After a discussion of the history of the term "robot", and the differences between robots of various levels of autonomy, students explore how robots can navigate without visio... |
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| Title: Canadarm2 |
| Grade Levels: 9 10 |
Date Posted: 08.14.05 |
| Abstract: In an integrated lesson, students study the history and design of the Canadarm (used on NASA's space shuttle) and Canadarm2 (used on the International Space Station). Student... |
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| Title: Introduction to Robotics |
| Grade Levels: K 1 2 3 |
Date Posted: 01.30.05 |
| Abstract: This introduction to the topic of robotics assumes that the teacher does not have a background in the subject. It has been designed to provide students with the opportunity to... |
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| Title: Build a Robotics Arm |
| Grade Levels: 3 4 5 6 |
Date Posted: 10.26.06 |
| Abstract: Robots with cameras are good tools for creating "telepresence" in a harsh environment. But what happens when there are soil samples to gather, marine organisms to collect or o... |
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| Title: What is so Special about the Pathfinder Landing Site? |
| Grade Levels: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Date Posted: 10.26.06 |
| Abstract: This activity is part of a larger resource available at: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/education/modules/webpages/modulesobtain.htm
Students examine images showing the pathfinder... |
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| Title: Virtual Sojourner: Driving Blind |
| Grade Levels: 6 7 8 9 10 |
Date Posted: 02.06.05 |
| Abstract: students modify a radio-controlled car or truck to perform a mission without actually being there! They make a map of a "rock field" from a TV screen, convert a R/C car into a... |
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