Lesson 3 - Constructing a LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot
Lesson Objective: Experience with constructing a robot Building knowledge of LEGO Robotic elements
Materials:
Parts List for 1 Motor Car Bot (PDF) (for Activity 1)
1 Motor Car Bot Building Instructions (PPT) (for Activity 2)
LEGO Robotics Observation Sheet (PDF) (for Activity 2)
Activity 1 - Sorting and naming parts
Have students work in cooperative groups to sort and name the LEGO parts for the 1 Motor Car Bot.
A good team building exercise is to have 1 student grab a LEGO with his or her eyes closed (after they are sorted and named) and try to guess what part it is. Team members can give hints of properties of the parts (it is black, it has 8 studs on top, etc.).
Activity 2 - Building
Students work in cooperative groups to build the 1 Motor Car Bot. Each student should have a job to help group work run smoothly.
1. Supplies Manager
2. Builder 1
3. Builder 2
4. Quality Control (does the model match the building instructions)
5. Building Instructions Manager or Happy Encourager
Once students have completed building the robot, have them draw and label the robot parts on the LEGO Robotics Observation Sheet.
Once students have completed building and observations, have them take turns running the robot by pressing the green "run" button and observe what it does.
Share:
Have students share their observations/discoveries.
Homework:
Have students write a reflection in their robotics notebook on what they learned today.
Assessments will be measured based on informal observations on how well students interact during:
1. Small group work on identifying robotic parts
2. Small group work during robot construction
3. Individual write up of observation
4. Robotic notebook entry on what was built today
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