Spring Break Robotics 1 was so full of energy this morning. I love how they learned enough from day 1 to be able to jump right in to playing and exploring on day 2.One of the hardest parts of learning to use Edison is simply remembering which buttons to push and when in order to control him. I was impressed with this group of kids coming right back into it and helping each other remember how to scan the program barcodes and make it play.
Day 2 of Robotics 1 reviews the three main parts of a robot (computer, sensors, actuators) and compares robots to remote controlled toys. We had such a fun discussion about if certain machines were robots or just machines. The most lively discussion was about if phones are robots or not. Even adults can't agree on that one (smart phones do technically have all three components of robots). During this discussion one of the 7 year old boys said, "I've been studying this stuff for years now." It was a good chuckle.
After discussing robots versus remote controlled toys and machines we moved into programming more with Edison. We programmed him to follow a light and to drive on a black line. We broke into teams and created maps for Edison to drive on. The kids worked so cooperatively on this project and the three completely different ideas for maps amazed me: a farm/city, a science house, and Egypt.
At the end of the day we learned to have Edison bounce within drawn borders and then sumo wrestle another robot. To wrap up our camp we completed our KWL page that we started on day one and wrote down all the things we learned. We had an absolute blast learning and exploring robots together. Every student took their robot home at the end of the day along with their workbook of barcodes. I've already heard back from families that were amazed how much their child came home and talked their ears off about robots!
Thank you to this wonderful class for coming and playing with us!
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