• Explore how technology and robotics are used as innovations to solve problems and perform tasks efficiently

• Understand how making non-judgmental and curious observations

• Visually represent their ideas

 

Deliverables

• Empathy Map worksheet

• Problem Statement worksheet

• Mind Map worksheet

• Introduced to hardware engineering

• Basic components of a circuit and how circuits work to power the components of the Rice Mini

• Learn the names and function of key components like printed circuit board (PCB), sonar cable, and Micro:bit

Key takeaway

• Disassemble and reassemble RICE mini

• Knowledge of each hardware functions and component

• Fundamentals of programming via block coding

• Apply their learning of variables and conditionals

• Understand echolocation to find objects and how ultrasonic sensor operates

 

Deliverables

• Assessment worksheet

• Created a program that controls the Rice Mini

• Rice Mini’s navigation commands

• Learning the basics of 3D modelling

• Learn how to evaluate and incorporate peer feedback

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Deliverables

• Design and print 3D a prototype of their Rice Mini attachment.