7th Grade Robotics Resources

Lesson Overview

In this lesson, students learn about artificial intelligence as they complete a WebQuest (Internet Scavenger Hunt) to answer questions about the topic. A complete answer key is provided for easy grading, along with resources for both teachers and students. Two versions of the WebQuest are included to let teachers print the questions or to provide them digitally as an interactive page in an editable Microsoft PowerPoint file.  Next, students explore how music, pictures and words can be generated with artificial intelligence by completing a series of short, hands-on activities. Additionally, a word search puzzle (with answer key) is included to use for early finishers or as a part of the lesson.

This lesson was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in upper elementary as well.

Materials Required:

· Computers with Internet access for each student (or pair of students)

· Software such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs

Files included:

· Teacher & Student Resources

· WebQuest questions for students - print and digital versions (editable)

· WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)

· Creating Music, Art, & Words with Artificial Intelligence Project – Instructions, Handout, and Answer Key

· Word Search Puzzle (non-editable, .pdf)

· Word Search Puzzle Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)

Approximate Lesson Duration:

· Introduction to the Lesson and WebQuest - 1 (50 minute) class period

· Creating Music, Art, and Words with Artificial Intelligence Student Project – 1.5 – 2 (50 minute) class periods

· Word Search Puzzle – 20-30 minutes

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Are you looking for a new challenge for your students? Are you looking for more to do with your robots than making them just go a certain distance or run around on the floor? Then “Bear on the Loose” is the curriculum packet that you've been looking for!!

This curriculum packet includes:

-PowerPoint design for your challenge mat. You get both the PowerPoint file and jpegs. There are two images here...the mat and the mat with 12-inch grid lines overlay.

-The student handout with The Problem, The Challenges, Graphic Organizer and Design Briefs for brainstorming their solutions.

-The teacher handout gives you some insight into building the accompanying accessories. I have also given you a suggested timeline for this challenge.

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This engineering and middle school kids clip art bundle has over 160 high-resolution (300 DPI) PNG graphics (including color and 78 black & white - not shown in preview). These images of engineering equipment and diverse kids enjoying engineering activities are perfect for STEM worksheets, classroom posters, flash cards, and whatever else you can think of!

Images of kids include:

• engineer with clipboard and plan (boy and girl)

• engineer with long ruler (boy and girl)

• boy and girl together building a bridge out of popsicle sticks

• popsicle stick bridge alone

• girl reading a book about simple machines

• boy watching a balloon-powered car made out of a balloon, straw, toothpicks, water bottle and elastic bands or tape

• balloon-powered car alone (two versions – balloon inflated and balloon deflated)

• girl building a structure with marshmallows and straws

• marshmallow and straw structure alone (two versions)

• boy playing with a simple catapult made out of popsicle sticks, elastic bands and a plastic spoon

• catapult made of popsicle sticks, elastic bands and a plastic spoon alone

• girl holding a robot diagram

• the robot from the diagram

• lifting weight with pulley (boy and girl)

• pointing to board with design process (boy and girl)

• icons for design process (question marks, light bulb, pencil and paper, spanner, green tick mark)

• drawing on a drafting table (boy and girl)

• boy and girl holding blank scroll for you to put your own text on (2 options)

Engineering equipment images are of:

• clipboards (2 options)

• safety goggles (2 options)

• hard hat (2 options)

• safety boots

• wooden balance scale

• pivot lever

• pencils (2 options)

• gears design (3 gears together)

• inclined plane

• ear muffs

• rope and pulley

• wire/rope and pulleys with weight

• blueprint paper (blank)

• blueprint with gears

• blueprint with robot

• mechanical robot diagram on paper

• metal ruler

• wooden ruler

• drafting table

• nails, screws, nuts and bolts (different options)

• valve wheel

• tools in box

• tools separate (hammer, two screwdrivers, spanner)

• wooden boards in different shapes (8 options)

• temperature gauge

• wheels (3 options)

• separate assorted gears as free design elements

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• Engineering Clip Art

• Engineering Kids Clip Art – Middle School / Teen

A similar bundle with YOUNGER KIDS is also available.

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This short computer research WebQuest/Scavenger Hunt is a fun activity to lead into a variety of units in Technology, CTE, Science or Engineering. It is also a great quick activity to fill a day prior to starting a new lesson or to use with a substitute teacher.

The lesson includes student handouts, teacher resources, and a grading key for the teacher. Editable student question files allow the lesson to easily be printed or completed digitally. Additionally, a word search puzzle with answer key is included, perfect for early finishers or to use as a part of the lesson. This lesson was created for middle school, but would work well with upper elementary or early high school also.

Files included:

· Teacher & Student Resources

· WebQuest questions for students - print and digital versions (editable)

· WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)

· Word Search Puzzle with Answer Key

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

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Simple machines have been the building blocks of more complex machines throughout the years. The gear is one of the most fundamental of the simple machines. Gears can help transfer power, increase or decrease speed and/or power, and change the direction of movement by simply working together.

Your students can experience gears through this activity as they build FOUR different gear sets .

1. Understanding how connected gears affect direction.

2. Compound Gear Train - gear input and output on the same side of a wall

3. Reverted Gear Train - input and output gears on same plane, but not directly connected

4. Large Gear Train - demonstrates Mechanical Advantage and directions of gears

Student Friendly! Easy to follow build directions!

ZIP File includes Student Handout and Teacher Answer Key

This enormous STEM clip art bundle is perfect for your math, science, technology and engineering resources. It includes images of science, technology, engineering and math equipment/devices, as well as kids enjoying activities in these subjects.

These images will look great in worksheets, classroom posters, flash cards, and whatever else you can think of! The mega bundle has over 600 high-resolution (300 DPI) PNG graphics (includes color and black and white).

This mega bundle contains the following sets:

1. STEM Clip Art – Letters (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)

2. Science Clip Art

3. Science Kids Clip Art

4. Technology Clip Art

5. Technology Kids Clip Art

6. Engineering Clip Art

7. Engineering Kids Clip Art

8. Math Clip Art

9. Math Kids Clip Art

STEM Clip Art Letters

• Fun images for each letter of 'STEM' and one image of the complete word

Science Clip Art:

• clip boards

• test tubes

• pencils

• magnifying glasses

• magnets

• lab goggles

• measuring tools

• thermometers

• light bulbs

• molecules

• experiments

Science Kids Clipart:

Images are of both boys and girls each doing the following:

• looking through a magnifying glass

• looking through a microscope

• conducting experiments

• reading a science book

• examining rocks

• examining leaves

• holding a clipboard

• examining a plant outside

• giving a presentation on electricity

• holding a beaker

• using a magnet

Technology Clip Art:

• cameras

• earphones

• mp3 players

• speaker

• game controller

• QR code (not functional)

• Cellphone scanning QR code

• VR goggles

• CD

• Cellphones (blank)

• Cellphone with blank messages

• Cellphone showing ‘1 new message’

• tablets (blank)

• tablet (with apps)

• television showing ‘World News Hour’

• laptop,

• computer

• robot (neutral pose)

• robot with panel showing ‘hello world’

• Assorted gears

Technology Kids Clip Art:

(all with a boy & girl for each unless otherwise indicated or if the image is of hands)

• listening to music with headphones

• dancing and listening to music with mp3 player

• taking a selfie with a cellphone

• looking at phone

• hands messaging on cellphone (two color options)

• cellphone with notification ‘1 message received’

• cellphone with notification ‘1 message received’ and bubble where you can add text

• talking on cellphone

• using VR goggles

• taking a photo with a camera

• holding a tablet

• tablet with hand selecting online lessons from an educational app

• tablet with hand marking off items on a nature hunt

• using a laptop

• using paper cups as phones

• playing catch with robot (boy only)

• dancing to music with robot (girl only)

• girl holding a QR code

• boy holding a blank sign (you can add your own QR code to it)

• scanning a QR code on a cellphone – two versions (only hands)

Engineering Clip Art:

• clipboards (2 options)

• safety goggles (2 options)

• hard hat (2 options)

• safety boots

• wooden balance scale

• pivot lever

• pencils (2 options)

• gears design (3 gears together)

• inclined plane

• ear muffs

• rope and pulley

• wire/rope and pulleys with weight

• blueprint paper (blank)

• blueprint with gears

• blueprint with robot

• mechanical robot diagram on paper

• metal ruler

• wooden ruler

• drafting table

• nails, screws, nuts and bolts (different options)

• valve wheel

• tools in box

• tools separate (hammer, two screwdrivers, spanner)

• wooden boards in different shapes (8 options)

• temperature gauge

• wheels (3 options)

• separate assorted gears as free design elements

Engineering Kids Clip Art:

• engineer with clipboard and plan (boy and girl)

• engineer with long ruler (boy and girl)

• boy and girl together building a bridge out of popsicle sticks

• popsicle stick bridge alone

• girl reading a book about simple machines

• boy watching a balloon-powered car made out of a balloon, straw, toothpicks, water bottle and elastic bands or tape

• balloon-powered car alone (two versions – balloon inflated and balloon deflated)

• girl building a structure with marshmallows and straws

• marshmallow and straw structure alone (two versions)

• boy playing with a simple catapult made out of popsicle sticks, elastic bands and a plastic spoon

• catapult made of popsicle sticks, elastic bands and a plastic spoon alone

• girl holding a robot diagram

• the robot from the diagram

• lifting weight with pulley (boy and girl)

• pointing to board with design process (boy and girl)

• icons for design process (question marks, light bulb, pencil and paper, spanner, green tick mark)

• drawing on a drafting table (boy and girl)

• boy and girl holding blank scroll for you to put your own text on (2 options)

Math Clip Art:

• Calculator (3 options – different colors, 1 without numbers)

• clock (2 options with numbers & hands, one without hands, one without numbers or hands)

• ruler (2 colors)

• basic shapes (plain 2D, 2D with face, 3D)

• building blocks (2 colors)

• chalkboard (plain and with sums)

• empty 10 frame grid

• separate counters (5 options)

• 10 frame grid with counters on

• manipulative bin with squares

• 3 squares separate

• manipulative bin with green rectangles and squares

• green rectangles and squares separate

• 4 empty manipulative bins (2 with labels, 2 without)

• generic money (8 notes including blank option, 9 coins including blank options)

• linking cubes (4 separate)

• linking cubes stacked

• abacus

• pencil (2 options)

• protractor

• math triangles (2 different)

• compass

• wooden balance scale

• scale (balanced and unbalanced)

• dice (2 sets of 2, different colors, and white dice individually)

• math symbols

• types of graphs (line, picture and bar graph)

Math Kids Clip Art:

• hands using calculator (2 options)

• girl holding an image of a 2D and 3D square

• boy holding an image of a 2D and 3D pentagon

• girl with calculator

• boy with math triangle

• girl with ruler

• girl with math compass

• girl weighing apples

• boy weighing blocks

• girl holding clock (showing 3 o’clock)

• boy holding clock (blank)

• girl holding chalkboard with sum

• boy holding chalkboard with sum

• boy & girl above holding blank chalkboard (add your own math problem)

• boy holding a dice

• girl holding sign with math symbols

• boy holding sign with shapes

• girl pointing to graph

• boy pointing to bar chart

• boy reading math book

• girl doing math problem (with thought bubble)

• boy doing math problem (with thought bubble)

• girl at desk with math items

• boy doing math problem (with thought bubble)

• 2 blank thought bubbles (use with boy and girl above, add your own math problem)

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Using the Engineering Design Process is one of the most basic ideas in the CTAE classroom. Whether your building robots, designing engineering projects or both, this activity will get the entire class engaged on one activity!

You have discovered a Radioactive Boulder in your town! Your town must work together to create a series of LEGO devices to move the boulder out of town.

Students design and build a project that will move a LEGO ball across the desktops in the classroom. Once the ball begins its journey across the tabletops, it can not be touched by human hands.

Engineering Design Process in full use here!!

Identifity the problem!

Brainstorm!

Design!

Build!

Test!

Redesign!

This engineering kids clip art set contains diverse middle school/teen kids enjoying engineering activities! Perfect for STEM / STEAM resources. The set contains 60 high-resolution (300 DPI) PNG graphics, 30 color and 30 black and white.

Images are of kids doing the following:

• engineer with clipboard and plan (boy and girl)

• engineer with long ruler (boy and girl)

• boy and girl together building a bridge out of popsicle sticks

• popsicle stick bridge alone

• girl reading a book about simple machines

• boy watching a balloon-powered car made out of a balloon, straw, toothpicks, water bottle and elastic bands or tape

• balloon-powered car alone (two versions – balloon inflated and balloon deflated)

• girl building a structure with marshmallows and straws

• marshmallow and straw structure alone (two versions)

• boy playing with a simple catapult made out of popsicle sticks, elastic bands and a plastic spoon

• catapult made of popsicle sticks, elastic bands and a plastic spoon alone

• girl holding a robot diagram

• the robot from the diagram

• lifting weight with pulley (boy and girl)

• pointing to board with design process (boy and girl)

• icons for design process (question marks, light bulb, pencil and paper, spanner, green tick mark)

• drawing on a drafting table (boy and girl)

• boy and girl holding blank scroll for you to put your own text on (2 options)

THIS SET IS INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING BUNDLE:
- Middle School Engineering Kids Bundle

A similar bundle with YOUNGER KIDS is also available.

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:

• STEM Clip Art Letters – Middle School/Teen

• STEM Bundle: Middle School / Teen Kids and Science

• STEM Bundle: Middle School / Teen Kids & Technology

• Middle School/Teen Kids Clip Art - Reading & Writing

• Middle School / Teen Kids Clip Art Bundle

SEE ALL MY STEM CLIP ART HERE

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Are you looking to start a robotics program in your classroom or school? This bundle has everything that you need! You get classroom posters that explain the programing blocks for the LEGO SPIKE Prime robot. You get the Robotics Training Table that prints out to cover a 4x8 robotics table. It has three different challenges to get your students comfortable with their new robots. PLUS, you get two more full curriculums that include: Challenges, Research Problem, Graphic Organizers, Teacher Notes and more.

This bundle includes the following resources:
LEGO SPIKE Prime Poster Set

Robotics Training Table

Robotics Curriculum: Men, Mazes, & Trucks

Robotics Curriculum: Radioactive Relocation

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Are you looking for an introduction to robotics for your students? Are you looking for robot challenges that get increaslingly more difficult for your students? Then The Robotics Training Table is the currculum that you've been looking for!!

This curriculum packet includes:
-PowerPoint design for your challenge mat. You get both the PowerPoint file and jpegs. There are three images here...the mat and the mat with 12 inch grid lines overlay, with and without guides.

-The student handout with The Problem, The Challenges, Graphic Organizer and Design Briefs for brainstorming their solutions.

-The teacher handout takes you step-by-step as to how I brought this table to life in my classroom. I've also included some pictures of my table.

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Here's a 10-15 day set of activities for introducing the LEGO Mindstorms Robots!

In this packet, you get:

* SEVEN Robot activities!

* An EXCEL Activity creating a multiple line graph.

* Programming challenges from basic to hard.

* Build Guide for "Reece's Runner" Robot

* Robot Challenge Design Plans

I use this as a 10-day Module in my classroom.