1. LEGO WeDo: The science and engineering of robotics Teacher: Ms. Andersen Assistant: Ms. Ferris Your name: ________________________________

2. Organization of your kit:

3. Day 1 8:45-9:15 (AM) 12:45-1:15 (PM) Check inLego Tub 9:15-10:00 (AM) 1:15-2:00 (PM) Welcome, introduction, team building Concept map pre-assessment Frayer vocabulary model 10:00-10:30 (AM) 2:00 –2:30 (PM) About the pieces: organization and what’s what. Build Dancing Birds. Kits Intro video 10:30-10:45 (AM) 2:30-2:45 (PM) Bathroom break and snack time 10:45-11:40 (AM) 2:45-3:40 (PM) Build “Dancing Birds,” program and experiment as time allows Kits 11:40-12 (AM) 3:40-4:00 (PM) Organize kit Complete day’s learning log Learning Log

4. Sample Concept Map Center for Gifted Education, The College of William and Mary, 2009

5. Robot concept map (pre-assessment) Robots

6. Vocabulary Building DefinitionCharacteristics Examples Non-Examples Center for Gifted Education, The College of William and Mary, 2009 Robot

7. Vocabulary Building Definition Machines that produce outputs, according to programs, based on input from sensors. Characteristics Examples Non-Examples Center for Gifted Education, The College of William and Mary, 2009 Robot

8. What is a program? A set of instructions that tell the robot what to do. In this class we will use the Lego WeDo program and Scratch to make our programs.

9. Programs We will use the WeDo program language to program our robots. Here is an example of a program. What does this program tell the robot to do?

10. START LOOP Run motor at ___ speed Turn motor this way Play sound 18 Wait for _____ Turn motor that way Play sound 19 Wait for _____ Go back to beginning of LOOP Begin LOOP Play sound 7

11. An example of a Scratch Program

12. The Dancing Birds

13. Open the WeDo Program START PROGRAMS

14. Go to the Activities in WeDo Click on the at the top of the page to see the menu. Click on the symbol at the top of the page. Look for the word Activities Select the Dancing Birds. Follow the instructions to build and program the Dancing Birds.

15. Activities See how changing the pulleys and band affects the motion of the birds. Fill out the table in your folder. Create your own dance with different motion, sound effects and backgrounds.

16. To exit Click on at the top right. Click on to exit the program.