Focus Area: Robotics
4th Grade
Day 7- Robotics Articles
1. Vocabulary:
1. criteria: a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided.
2. body: a physical substance and shape of some type. (The body will be designed based on the function. Some look like vehicles, an arm, a person. If you can touch it, that's the body)
3. control: a program to control the robot. (Robots must be told what to do. To control a robot, it needs to be programmed to receive input, and execute the desired output)
4. behavior: the combination of outputs that result in the task or job the robot does (For example, the behavior of the smoke detector is to 'go off' in the presence of smoke. 'Going off' is a combination of making noise, flashing lights and may also involve calling the fire department.)
1. criteria: a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided.
2. body: a physical substance and shape of some type. (The body will be designed based on the function. Some look like vehicles, an arm, a person. If you can touch it, that's the body)
3. control: a program to control the robot. (Robots must be told what to do. To control a robot, it needs to be programmed to receive input, and execute the desired output)
- input: the information that comes from the robot's sensors (Robots have sensors that they use to get information from the robot's environment. For example: a smoke detector can detect smoke. Robots typically have external and internal sensors.)
- output: the action a robot takes after receiving input (It often involves motors, lights or sounds. For example, a smoke detector makes a loud sound and might flash lights. In other words, effecting change in the robot's environment- adapting)
4. behavior: the combination of outputs that result in the task or job the robot does (For example, the behavior of the smoke detector is to 'go off' in the presence of smoke. 'Going off' is a combination of making noise, flashing lights and may also involve calling the fire department.)
3. Activity:
Robots are designed for certain tasks and their physical design needs to allow for this.
Choose an article and take notes on sticky notes with facts from the article using the three focuses:
Choose an article and take notes on sticky notes with facts from the article using the three focuses:
- body
- control/behavior
- benefit
4. Wrap-Up:
Tape sticky notes in your journal on p. 7
Tape sticky notes in your journal on p. 7