Robotics and Simple Machines
Introduction Complete the Simple Machines activity on edheads. Think about and identify the different kinds of simple machines you found in the activity. How did these simple machines help us in our lives/homes?
Gathering Data Using one of the simple machine functions (pushes) with the robots, have them follow a simple trail to push a ball from a post Record the number of times you can successfully complete this task in two minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AToVUoZyWWk
Graphing Create a bar or line graph demonstrating the data you gathered http://strandmaps.nsdl.org/AAAS-Collection/NSDLbenchmarksContent.jsp?bm=SMS-BMK-1967
Results/Flashback Turn your graph into the teacher complete with your names Get ready to demonstrate what you have learned about different kinds of simple machines in your flashback