Discovering Robots
A Choice Board
Learning Goal: Demonstrate an understanding of robotics, its history, applications, evolution Daily Objective: Understand how robots are used
You will work in teams of two or three, choosing your partners from the row you are sitting in. Come up and tell me who you are working with.
Everyone must do the assignment in the white center box - individual assignment. After that, each team should do one blue and one yellow assignment. These are team assignments, one for the whole team EXCEPT for the farming assignment, which is individual. The link on each assignment takes you to a page with information about robots in that industry. You may search further as well. The Part 1 General is due on Wednesday 1/17. Turn the assignments in to your School Google drive to the Robot Applications folder in Class Assignments A.I. |
Create a powerpoint, Google Slides, or prezi presentation about robots used in medicine, with the following information: *Describe at least four robots used in that industry
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Create a Google Slide explaining how robots can be used by scientists: If you are able to make a web site, you may make a web site. Sadly, Google Sites is not available on the school account. *Describe at least four robots used by scientists. |
Find information about farming robots on this page. Answer the list of questions about farming robots at this link. THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT. IT MAY NOT BE DONE BY THE TEAM TOGETHER. Use This Link to get to the Class assignments AI folder where you turn it in. |
Write a lesson about manufacturing robots, including information, pictures and questions to check for understanding. You may use Powerpoint, Word, Google sites or whatever you like, but not physical materials like paper. |
Go to your Google Drive. An assignment called Robot Applications Part 1 is in 'Shared with me'. Drag it into the AI Robotics folder you made. Watch the videos, and discuss the questions together. Then each answer the questions by yourselves. You don't need to turn it in - I shared it with you. |
Write a journal entry describing being in or near a building destroyed by an earthquake. Mention some of the robots that were brought in to help find survivors. Describe how they were used. Explain whether you think it was a good idea, and give your reasons. |
Create a recruitment poster for people to get jobs with military robots or mining robots. Make them sound amazing by including information about how they are used and what would be exciting about the job. |
Create a comic strip showing how robots are used in retail. Describe at least three different robots. Try to add some humor. You may use a large sheet of card for this one, but I would prefer an electronic comic strip. |
Write a song about construction or food service robots. Each verse should be about a different robot, and there should be a chorus which is generally about the robots in that industry. There should be at least three verses.
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