Welcome Introduction 8 th Grade Everything Robotics Elective

Welcome Introduction 8 th Grade Everything Robotics Elective Mrs. Young

Mrs. Young

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Why Robotics? Introduction Develops many 21 st century skills: • • • Critical Thinking Problem Solving Goal Setting Logical Thinking / Sequencing Troubleshooting Teamwork

Why Robotics? Introduction It’s engaging and it’s fun!

Project Introduction What is Lego Robotics? Build Program Test

Typical Class Introduction ● Formal lesson ● Video tutorial ● Challenge(s)

Exploration of Curriculum Developed by Carnegie Mellon • A multimedia curriculum is an ideal tool to introduce robots to middle school students. It is designed specifically for the Lego NXT kits. • In-depth research lessons are based on real-world robots. • Step-by-step videos teach students how to use the programming language, build robots, basic robot behavior, use of sensors, etc. Take a look: http: //learn. cs 2 n. org/solt/lessons/nvt 2. 0/content/

Exploration of Curriculum Engineering Design Process Design your own robot challenge. Design a robot to assist a person with a disability.

Grading Projects and Quizzes Projects - 75% Quizzes - 25%

Sample Challenge Lane Change Challenge

Sample Challenge Lane Change

Sample Challenge Intersections

End of Semester Competition

Questions?