Exploring Robots (aimed at Key Stages 3 and 4)

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Resource Type Worksheets and Activities, Lessons

Curriculum Topic Design & Development, Enrichment/STEM/Cross Curriculum, Impact of technology

English Key Stage 11-14 year (KS3), 14-16 years (KS4)

This ready-to-use lesson introduces pupils to robotics, the components that make up robots today, concerns about the development of robotics and the Laws of Robotics written by Isaac Asimov, and gives many examples from ancient automatons to the latest Mars Rover.

There are four sections:

What is a robot?
Robots from the past
How do robots work?
Robots today

The lesson package includes an informative and fully illustrated PowerPoint consisting of over 35 slides. It starts with differentiated objectives and a quiz, has a worksheet to complete as the lesson progresses and ends with an activity. The PowerPoint includes links to fun videos on YouTube featuring a dinosaur robot and a fake automaton as well as several short clips showing modern robots. Notes and answers to the quiz and worksheet are included.

For other resources in the series please see Sparrow Lessons on TES