Robotics

=**Robotics in the classroom**=

Robotics is an effective tool to integrate in many science, math, and technology lesson plans especially when working with STEM. This integration helps students understand engineering and the design process. Students will be able to gain a broader knowledge of the material by being challenged. This is also a good tool for teachers to use with higher-level students when differentiating lesson plans. The teacher could let the higher-level students take home a box to work on the robot as a project at home and have them present it to the class.

**My Robot:**
I designed a robot in class where I could grasp an idea of how robotics worked and learn how to program and build robots. I constructed the Area and Volume Calculator robot using NXT Mindstorm Legos and programed it using the Mindstorm website. Here is a picture of the robot I constructed...



**Classroom Integration:**
After constructing my Robot I designed and formatted a lesson to teach to my future students. I chose to teach them about Volume and Area and have them construct the robot above within groups. The standards my lesson best fits are the following Georgia Performance 5th grade Math Standards...

MCC5.MD.3 Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement. MCC5.MD.4 Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.

The following 2 links have my lesson plan and worksheet needed for lesson