Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

American Revolution

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Test scholar's reading comprehension skills with a practice that challenges pupils to read an informational text about the Amerian Revolution then answer 10 questions. 
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Money

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Young readers test their comprehension skills with an interactive practice. Pupils read a brief informational text about money then answer five questions. A detailed page appears at the end to showcase participants' work.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Red Rover Robotics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson will start with a brief history of robotics and explain how robots are beneficial to science and society. The lesson then will explore how robots have been used in recent space exploration efforts. The engineering design of...
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Science Museum, London

Science Museum: Robot Bugs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Build a robot and watch how it moves. Activity is designed to help students learn how electrical circuits and switches control how things move.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mysteries of Vernacular: Robot

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1920, Czech writer Karel Capek wrote a play about human-like machines, thereby inventing the term robot from the Central European word for forced labor. Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel explain how the science fiction staple earned its...
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The Guardian

Guardian: Robot Car: Streets Ahead in Cities of the Future

For Students 9th - 10th
Review a futuristic, stackable, robotic car.
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Code.org

Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: My Loopy Robotic Friends

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A reintroduction to loops, using the set of "robot" programming instructions. Students will develop critical thinking skills by looking for patterns of repetition in the movements of classmates and determining how to simplify those...
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Other

Paik: Robot People From Discovering Great Artists

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Your students will be designing robots in this lesson inspired by artist Nam June Paik. The lesson gives two ideas. One is adapted to other students and requires a TV, VCR, and a camcorder.
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Other

Webopedia.com: Artificial Intelligence

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes a concise definition of artificial intelligence and an explanation of the different areas in which artificial intelligence is used.
Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pilotless Flight: Timeline of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this NOVA: "Spies That Fly" interactive timeline and discover the many technological innovations in the history of unmanned flight, from hot-air balloons to miniature flying robots.
Website
Other

Virginia Space Flight Academy: Summer Residence Camps

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch campers count down for take-off and the ultimate rocket launch during this summer space camp experience. Read about programs offered including spaceships, aerodynamics, microgravity, robotics, rocket assembly and launching,...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Operating System of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Cells are almost like tiny factories run by robots, with the nucleus, DNA, proteins, lipids, and vitamins and minerals all playing critical roles. George Zaidan and Charles Morton lay out the blueprint of a cell and explain how...
Article
Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Human Toolmaker

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you enjoy building airplanes, cars, houses, or robots with Lego blocks? Humans are the only animal species that can create complicated constructions from simple Lego blocks - our Lego building ability is "human-specific," since it is...
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Other

Exploring Computer Science: Scope and Sequence

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Exploring Computer Science is one year course consisting of six, six week long units. The course was developed around a framework of both computer science content and computational practice where assignments and instruction are...
Article
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Mqed: Feedback Automation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The downloadable monograph investigates feedback and automation.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Voyage to the Mystery Moon

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Observe the night sky and speculate the distance between the Earth and its moon and Saturn and its moon. Explore how scientists have used robots to learn about celestial bodies, and conduct research about one of Saturn's moons.
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Smooth Operator

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the engineering design process as they design, construct, test, and evaluate surgical instruments using everyday materials. The objective of the design is to see how well they can perform a simulated "surgical...
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Other

Frequently Asked Questions About Isaac Asimov

For Students 9th - 10th
This fascinating collection of Asimov minutiae is linked to the larger Asimovonline.com site.

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