STEM Lesson Plan & Activities - EDISON ROBOT Year 2-4


Year 2-4
Tool: Edison robots
Theme: Waste/Sustainability
End result: Design a tool that collects and sorts our schoolyard waste. Sell to local dump (advertisement using iMovie)
Cross curriculum areas: Maths (measurement) (data) Geography, Design & Tech, English (persuasive?) (personal reflection/recount), ICT (iMovie) Creative and Critical Thinking skills
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Developmental steps |
Problem 1 |
Investigate various tracks and directions in control mode.
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Problem 2 |
Code a pathway for a partner
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Problem 3 |
Build a model that works in control mode
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Problem 4 |
Design, build and code a model that can successfully move from one point to another.
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Problem 5 |
Design and build a collecting tool for your model.
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Problem 6 |
Design, build and code a model that moves to a point, collects something and brings it back
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Problem 7 |
Design a tool that collects waste and disposes of it
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Maths (sorting) (data analysis) |