Cubelets - Day 3
1. Title: Building Cubelet Robot
2. Objectives
● To learn light sensor Cubelet
● To learn distance sensor Cubelet
● To learn driver actor Cubelet
● To learn speaker actor Cubelet
3. Key Concepts
● Power / Light Sensor / Distance Sensor / Driver Actor / Speaker Actor
4. Georgia Standards
2nd Grade
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S2CS2.
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Students will have the computation
and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and following scientific
explanations.
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S2CS3.
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Students will use tools and
instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific
activities.
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S2CS3.b
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Assemble,
describe, take apart, and reassemble constructions using interlocking blocks,
erector sets and other things.
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S2CS3.c
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Make something that can actually be used
to perform a task, using paper, cardboard, wood, plastic, metal, or existing
objects.
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S2CS5.
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Students
will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly.
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S2P2.
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Students
will identify sources of energy and how energy is used.
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MCC2.NBT.2
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Count
within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
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MCC2.MD.1
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Measure the
length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers,
yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.
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MCC2.MD.3
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Estimate
lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
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MCC2.MD.10
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Draw a
picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and
compare problems10 using information presented in a bar graph.
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5. Procedures
1st Activity: Build a Robot that Helps a Post Officer Carry Heavy Items.
1) Read the following story.
- A post officer cannot push heavy items because his back is badly injured. Please build a robot to help the post officer push heavy boxes (wooden blocks).
2) Make a prediction.
- Which of these sensors will you choose? Circle the answer among light sensor and distance sensor
- Which of these actors will your robot need? How many? Circle the number.
3) Build a robot to solve the problem and record the results.
- Build and experiment with your Cubelets robot to see if it works.
- What Cubelets did you use to make your robot?
- Which sensor did you actually use? Why?
- Which actors did you actually use? How many? Why?
- How many wood blocks can your robot push?
2nd Activity: Build a Robot that Protects Animals on the Road at Night.
1) Read the following story.
- Animals that live in areas where people live tend to cross the road at night and, unfortunately, many of them get hit by cars. Please build a robot that can warn animals that a car is near by detecting a car’s headlights.
2) Make a prediction.
- Which of these sensors will you choose? Circle the answer among light sensor and distance sensor
- Which of these actors will your robot need? How many? Circle the number.
3) Build a robot to solve the problem and record your results.
- Build and experiment with your Cubelets robot to see if it works.
- What Cubelets did you use to make your robot?
- Which sensor did you actually use? Why?
- Which actors did you actually use? How many? Why?
6. Review1) Read the following story.
- A post officer cannot push heavy items because his back is badly injured. Please build a robot to help the post officer push heavy boxes (wooden blocks).
2) Make a prediction.
- Which of these sensors will you choose? Circle the answer among light sensor and distance sensor
- Which of these actors will your robot need? How many? Circle the number.
3) Build a robot to solve the problem and record the results.
- Build and experiment with your Cubelets robot to see if it works.
- What Cubelets did you use to make your robot?
- Which sensor did you actually use? Why?
- Which actors did you actually use? How many? Why?
- How many wood blocks can your robot push?
2nd Activity: Build a Robot that Protects Animals on the Road at Night.
1) Read the following story.
- Animals that live in areas where people live tend to cross the road at night and, unfortunately, many of them get hit by cars. Please build a robot that can warn animals that a car is near by detecting a car’s headlights.
2) Make a prediction.
- Which of these sensors will you choose? Circle the answer among light sensor and distance sensor
- Which of these actors will your robot need? How many? Circle the number.
3) Build a robot to solve the problem and record your results.
- Build and experiment with your Cubelets robot to see if it works.
- What Cubelets did you use to make your robot?
- Which sensor did you actually use? Why?
- Which actors did you actually use? How many? Why?
- How does your robot work?
- What kinds of tasks that your robot can do?