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Lesson 1 - Meet Blossom

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  • Summary: In this lesson, students explore where robots are found in everyday life, what makes something a robot, and what parts Blossom and other robots need to work.
  • Duration: 90 min
  • Robot use: building

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Lesson Plan

  1. Introduce Blossom - 5 min
  2. Outback Robots Program & Study Overview - 5 min
  3. Robots - 20 min
    • 3.1 Where can robots be found?
    • 3.2 Social Robots
    • 3.3 What is (not) a robot?
  4. Parts of a robot - 45 min
    • 4.1 What parts does every robot need?
    • 4.2 Investigating the pieces of Blossom and their functions
    • 4.3 Making a motor move
  5. Optional extension: When should robots (not) be used? - 15 min
  6. Questionnaire - 5 min
  7. Lesson summary - 5 min

Learning objectives

After this lesson, students will be able to

  • explain where robots appear in everyday life,
  • understand that there are different types and categories of robots,
  • distinguish robots from other machines,
  • identify the essential components of a robot (sensors, controller, motors, wires) and their specific functions,
  • discuss helpful and harmful uses of robots across different settings.

Evidence of learning (success criteria)

  • I can explain what the key features of robots are and what makes them different from other machines.
  • I can name 3 types of robots and what they are being used for.
  • I can identify the main components that robots require to function.
  • I can describe what the functions of the motors, computer and wires inside a robot are, and recognize them among the pieces of Blossom.
  • I can discuss when robots should or shouldn’t be used by giving 2-3 example scenarios and give reasons on why using robots would be helpful or harmful in this context.