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TryEngineering

Solving a Simple Maze

For Students 5th - 10th
Solve a maze ... from a robot's point of view. In the lesson plan, your scholars build a small, simple maze from cardboard and then find a route from the start point to the finish point. They write an algorithmic process that a robot...
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Charleston School District

Transformation Basics

For Students 8th Standards
Transformations are more than the process in which sports cars become fighting robots. Listed in terms of which transformations give congruent or similar figures, several resources provide definitions and examples of the four...
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Carnegie Mellon University

Technical Sketching Worksheets

For Students 9th - 12th
How do you create a technical drawing? Cover the basics of technical sketching with a few practice sketches of simple shapes. A technical sketching lesson introduces the proper precision measurement techniques. Pupils progress...
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International Technology Education Association

Dampen That Drift!

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
The spacecraft is drifting too far off course! Two games help explain how a spacecraft can use its thrusters to maintain its position. The games have pupils be the components of vectors in order to create and counteract the...
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Drama Teacher

The 12 Dramatic Elements

For Students 4th - 8th
Plays are meant to be seen and so are these 12 elements that give plays the dramatic effect. Introduce young actors to these key terms and their explanations
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Curated OER

Relative Pronouns in Spanish

For Teachers 6th - 12th
After reading up on relative pronouns and antecedents, Spanish learners can use the menu to navigate the material on the webpage. Each pronoun is paired with an explanation and examples. Within the provided presentation, you will find...
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Other

Stanford Research Institute: Robotics Demonstrations

For Students 9th - 10th
Robotics demonstration videos from Stanford Research Institute.
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Other

Lemelson Mit: James Mc Lurkin, Robotic Ants

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the biography of James McLurkin, the inventor of robotic ants.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Robotics Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
Descriptions and photos of the wide variety of robotics projects at Columbia University.
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Other

Australian National University: Robotics System Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Australian National University provides good descriptions and photos of robots involved in research in Australia.
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Other

Lemelson Center's Invention at Play: Surgical Robot Inventor

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a biography of Akhil Madhani, the inventor of the surgical robot, and about his teleoperated surgical instruments.
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NASA

Nasa: Solar System Exploration: The Robotic Exploration of Space

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the evolution of robotic exploration of space during the first half of the twentieth century through narrative and images.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Building Ant Bot

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to build a robot that can mimic basic ant walking & running behavior.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Challenge: Drum Partner

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to use the sound sensor for the Lego robot with this page.
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McGill University

Mc Gill University: Mrl Research Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of information regarding the robotics projects at McGill University. Includes photos, video and informative text.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? The Crystal Robot

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine x-ray crystallography. The resource explores the structure of the proteins specified by tens of thousands of newly sequenced genes. Additional resources are included.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Electrical Engineer

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how an electrical engineer is using artificial intelligence to make robots "smarter." Consider how robots can be used to explore other planets.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pilotless Flight: Timeline of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this NOVA: "Spies That Fly" interactive timeline and discover the many technological innovations in the history of unmanned flight, from hot-air balloons to miniature flying robots.
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Children's Museum

Field Guide to the Universe: Space Craft

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictures and descriptions of the robot spacecraft that have explored the planets and outer space since the 1960s.
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NASA

Nasa: The Jpl Aerobot

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of the JPL Aerobot and other autonomy technologies that are being developed by NASA.