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| Rudy Simpson SchoolCity and State |
7th grade PLTW Automation and Robotics | Two weeks |  |
DRIVING QUESTION
How do scientist/engineers create interactive fossils displays at museums and theme parks?
LEARNING GOALS
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ANCHORING EVENT
Students learn how to build using vex and program using RobtoC.
COLLABORATIONS
They are taught basic mechanisms, followed by how to get program a motor to turn on and off. They are then taught how to make loops so the robot will continually perform the desired action. Finally, they work together to attach the 3d printed fossil to their design.
STEM INTEGRATION
Science: research about their fossil to create an accurate display that shows what it was like when the animal was alive.
Technology: use of 3d printers and 3d software to print fossil samples
Engineering: VEX to build the displays, Robot C to program the mechanism
Mathematics: programming and display design
ASSESSMENT
Students turn in completed RobotC program
Students give presentation on how to activate their display and information about their fossil
PROCEDURE
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Add 3 images: 300 x 306 each
DAY 1
ENGAGE:
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EXPLORE:
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DAY 2
EXPLAIN:
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ELABORATE:
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DAY 3
EVALUATE:
STANDARDS
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
3-LS4-1 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
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Science & Engineering Practices |
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Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
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Mathematics Standards
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Reason abstractly and quantitatively
CCSS.MP.2
Model with mathematics.
CCSS.MP.4
RESOURCES & MATERIALS
https://www.exploratorium.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/design5pitfalls-2.pdf
https://www.smm.org/exhibitservices
Various other sites related to the fossils chosen
KEY ACADEMIC AND/OR SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE
http://palaeos.com/paleontology/glossary.html
http://www.fossilmall.com/Science/Glossary.html
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Students where taught how to find .stl files online and how to upload and print.
Students where taught types of mechanisms and the movements associated with them.
It was discussed how those movements could be used to show a fossil moving in a display (for example opening and closing jaw).