EDUCATORS

EDUCATORS

Welcome to our educator resource hub! Here you will find our four workshops that showcase the interdisciplinary nature of robotics — each one combines robotics with another exciting field.

Space Farm Workshop

Robotics and Agriculture

In this workshop, students embark on a mission to another planet, tasked with keeping their plants alive by providing the right nutrients for the planet’s conditions!

Intended Year Group: Year 9, Year 10 & Year 11

Intended Learning Objectives:

  1. Robotics Technical Skill: Arduino Programming, Systems Control and Circuit Building.

  2. Super skill: Presentation and public speaking.

  3. GCSE Curriculum Skills: Fractions and Percentages.

  4. Identify and describe the use of robotics and engineering in the described industry.

Find the relevant workshop materials at the GitHub linked below including Slide Decks, Workshop Plans and a Bill of Materials:

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Teleoperation Workshop

Robotics and Surgery

In this workshop, students step into the roles of engineers and surgeons, teaming up to perform a life-saving remote operation with the help of robots!

Intended Year Group: Year 7 & Year 8

Intended Learning Objectives:

  1. Robotics Technical Skill: Human-robot interaction/ material science.

  2. Super skill: Problem solving/ team building.

  3. Curriculum Skills: Forces (of robot arm), mass, weight and friction & Coordinates and rotations.

  4. Identify and describe the use of robotics and engineering in the described industry.

Find the relevant workshop materials at the GitHub linked below including Slide Decks, Workshop Plans and a Bill of Materials:

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— Teacher A

Temple of Boom Workshop

Robotics and Music

In this workshop, students work together to crack codes and solve mysteries in a race to unlock the ancient, treasure-filled Temple of Boom!

Intended Year Group: Year 9, Year 10 & Year 11

Intended Learning Objectives:

  1. Robotics skill: Arduino programming and circuit building, sensors.

  2. Super skill: Team working and resilience.

  3. GCSE curriculum skills: Properties of Waves.

  4. Identify and describe the use of robotics and engineering in the described industry

     

Find the relevant workshop materials at the GitHub linked below including Slide Decks, Workshop Plans and a Bill of Materials:

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— Teacher B

First day of Space School Workshop

Robotics and Education

In this workshop, students join forces to build everything they’ll need to thrive at space school — including a clever revision and wellbeing prompter to keep them on track!

Intended Year Group: Year 9, Year 10 & Year 11

Intended Learning Objectives:

  1.    Robotics skill: Arduino programming and circuit building.

  2. Super skill: emotional intelligence.

  3. GCSE curriculum skills: Forces and their interactions.

  4. Identify and describe the use of robotics and engineering in the described industry.

Find the relevant workshop materials at the GitHub linked below including Slide Decks, Workshop Plans and a Bill of Materials:

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I had the best time bklajekjahrfk
— Student B