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Unit 3 Design Process Notebooks (1 per student)
Cue robots (1 per group)
tablets or compatible devices (1 per group)
pencils
projector or interactive display with mirroring capability
Before this lesson, it is recommended that students:
complete all previous lessons in Units 1, 2, and 3.
Fully charge the devices and robots.
Install the Wonder Workshop Cue app on each device.
1. Ask, “What did you accomplish during the Project Pathways: Build and Test activity in Lesson 7?” (Sample response: “We were able to finish the plow accessory for our Cautious Chauffeur and create an obstacle-avoidance program.)
2. Ask, “Did everything you created work the first time?” (Sample response: “No. After testing, we had to change the obstacle-avoidance program.”)
3. Have students form their project groups and open their Design Process Notebooks. Then have them:
Briefly review which tasks were completed and what still needs to be accomplished from their Master Plan Action Items on page 48.
Briefly review which parts of their program, accessor, and/or environment need to be refined based on their testing notes on pages 52–54.
1. Say, “Building complex projects takes time! In order to make your project the best it can be, you will need several rounds of testing and refining your code and other project components. An important part of refining your project is sharing your project with the intended users to gather feedback and observe how they use the robot. This is an important process that is used by engineers and designers. Even directors share their their movies with a test audience to get feedback before sharing the production with a wider audience.”
2. Say, “Today you will have a chance to observe how others use your program and receive feedback that will help you refine your project.”
1. Say, “Building robots is hard! Even great ideas don’t always turn out exactly as planned, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep building and trying to make things better! As discussed in Unit 2, even the first versions of the Wonder Workshop robots, like Cue, were improved based on excellent feedback from users.”
2. Say, “Mike Nichols makes robots that are great in theory but could use a little refining!” Show students this Useless Robots Try to Solve Everyday Problems video for some funny failed robots.
3. After showing the video, encourage students to think of some feedback they would like to give Mike about his robots. Have them consider one thing they liked about the robot and one way they think the robot could be improved.
Choose a few students to share their feedback for Mike with the class.
Have students work on the following design Process Notebook content in their project groups.
1. In their Unit 3 Design Process Notebooks, have student groups turn to Project Pathways: Share and Refine on pages 55–56.
2. Have students read the directions and sample survey questions.
3. Have students read and respond to the prompts on pages 57–60 to help them gather and use peer feedback to refine their projects.
1. Ask, “What was the most useful feedback you received? How will you make changes to address that feedback?” Have students briefly discuss with their groups before choosing a few students to share with the class.
Sample response: “We received feedback that the user doesn’t know which button starts the program. We will add a recording that tells the user which button to push.”
2. Ask, “What parts of other groups’ projects did you really enjoy?” (Sample response: “I liked how the group we partnered with used their accessory to pick up and move small objects, such as ping pong balls.”)
Use our Evaluation Rubrics to review students’ work and presentations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.3: Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.4: Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2: Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.4: Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
2-CS-01: Recommend improvements to the design of computing devices, based on an analysis of how users interact with the devices.
2-AP-13: Decompose problems and subproblems into parts to facilitate the design, implementation, and review of programs.
2-AP-15: Seek and incorporate feedback from team members and users to refine a solution that meets user needs.
2-AP-17: Systematically test and refine programs using a range of test cases.
2-AP-18: Distribute tasks and maintain a project timeline when collaboratively developing computational artifacts.
MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
MS-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
4a: Know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
4d: Exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance, and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.
5c: Break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.
7c: Contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.
Performing and Recording
- selects and safely uses tools and equipment to observe and measure
- records and organizes data using standard measurements, sentences, lists, and/or simple labelled diagrams
Analyzing and Interpreting
- evaluates the experimental procedure, explains changes that could be made to improve it, and gives reasons for the changes
Speaking & Listening
- 2.2 demonstrate an increasingly sophisticated understanding of appropriate speaking behaviour in a variety of situations, including paired sharing, dialogue, and small and large-group discussions.
- 2.7 use a variety of appropriate visual aids to support or enhance oral presentations.
- 3.1 identify, in conversation with the teacher and peers, what strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after listening and speaking and what steps they can take to improve their oral communication skills.
- 3.2 identify, in conversation with the teacher and peers, how their skills as viewers, representers, readers, and writers help them improve their oral communication skills.
Reading
- 3.1 automatically read and understand most words in a range of reading contexts.
- 3.2 predict the meaning of and rapidly solve unfamiliar words using different types of cues.
Writing
- 1.6 determine whether the ideas and information they have gathered are relevant, appropriate, and adequate for the purpose, and do more research if necessary.
- 2.2 establish a distinctive voice in their writing appropriate to the subject and audience.
Algebra
C3.1 solve problems and create computational representations of mathematical situations by writing and executing code, including code that involves conditional statements and other control structures
Algebra
C3.1 solve problems and create computational representations of mathematical situations by writing and executing code, including code that involves events influenced by a defined count and/or sub-program and other control structures
Science Inquiry - Explore and Investigate:
- plan and carry out procedures that comprise a fair test
- select appropriate materials and identify how they will be used
- modify the procedures as needed
- work individually or cooperatively in planning and carrying out procedures
- Present information: use various styles and forms of presentations, depending on content, audience and purpose.
- Enhance presentation: emphasize key ideas and information to enhance audience understanding and enjoyment.
- Use effective oral and visual communication: demonstrate control of voice, pacing, gestures and facial expressions; arrange props and presentation space to enhance communication.
- Demonstrate attentive listening and viewing: identify the tone, mood and emotion conveyed in oral and visual presentations respond to the emotional aspects of presentations by providing nonverbal encouragement and appreciative comments.
- Cooperate with others: assume a variety of roles, and share responsibilities as a group member; identify and participate in situations and projects in which group work enhances learning and results.
- Work in groups: contribute to group knowledge of topics to identify and focus information needs, sources and purposes for research or investigations; address specific problems in a group by specifying goals, devising alternative solutions and choosing the best alternative.
- Evaluate group process: assess own contributions to group process, and set personal goals for working effectively with others.
CTF is planning, creating, appraising and communicating in response to challenges.
I plan in response to challenges.
I make decisions in response to challenges.
I adapt to change and unexpected events.
I solve problems in response to challenges.
I create products, performances or services in response to challenges.
I appraise the skills, knowledge and technologies used to respond to challenges.
I communicate my learning.
CTF is working independently and with others while exploring careers and technology.
I determine how my actions affect learning.
I develop skills that support effective relationships.
I collaborate to achieve common goals.
Curricular Competencies: Processing and Analyzing Data and Information
- Construct and use a range of methods to represent patterns or relationships in data, including tables, graphs, keys, models, and digital technologies as appropriate
- Seek patterns and connections in data from their own investigations and secondary sources
Applying and Innovating
- Co-operatively design projects
- Transfer and apply learning to new situations
- Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving
Communicating
- Communicate ideas, findings, and solutions to problems, using scientific language, representations, and digital technologies as appropriate
Curricular Competencies:
- Exchange ideas and viewpoints to build shared understanding and extend thinking.
- Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful literary and informational texts for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Applied Design
Sharing
Decide on how and with whom to share their product
Demonstrate their product and describe their process, using appropriate terminology and providing reasons for their selected solution and modifications
Evaluate their product against their criteria and explain how it contributes to the individual, family, community, and/or environment
Reflect on their design thinking and processes, and evaluate their ability to work effectively both as individuals and collaboratively in a group, including their ability to share and maintain an efficient co-operative work space
Identify new design issues
Applied Skills
Demonstrate an awareness of precautionary and emergency safety procedures in both physical and digital environments
Identify and evaluate the skills and skill levels needed, individually or as a group, in relation to a specific task, and develop them as needed
Scientific Inquiry
- 430 persist in seeking answers to difficult questions and solutions to difficult problems
Collaboration
- 431 work collaboratively in carrying out investigations, as well as in generating and evaluating ideas
- Read a wide variety of words automatically, including subject-specific terminology and words from oral language.
- Use context clues, prior knowledge/experiences and knowledge of text forms/features to verify and adjust predictions while reading.
Technological Problem Solving
- identifying a problem
- identifying constraints and sources of support
- identifying alternative possible solutions and selecting one on which to work
- planning and building a prototype or a plan of action to resolve the problem
- testing and evaluating the prototype or plan.
- CC6.4 Create and present a variety of representations that communicate ideas and information to inform or persuade and to entertain an audience, including illustrations, diagrams, posters, displays, and cartoons.
- CC6.5 Use oral language to interact appropriately with others in pairs, and small and large group situations.
- CC6.6 Use oral language appropriately to express a range of information and ideas in formal and informal situations including presenting an oral report based on research, a demonstration, and a short dramatization.
GCO 1: Students will be expected to speak and listen to explore, extend, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences.
GCO 2: Students will be expected to communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond personally and critically.
GCO 5: Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies.
GCO 2: Skills Students will develop the skills required for scientific and technological inquiry, for solving problems, for communicating scientific ideas and results, for working collaboratively, and for making informed decisions.
Speaking and Listening
Communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond personally and critically
Reading and Viewing
Interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies
Skills Students will develop the skills required for scientific and technological inquiry, for solving problems, for communicating scientific ideas and results, for working collaboratively, and for making informed decisions.
6-0-4c Work cooperatively with group members to carry out a plan, and troubleshoot problems as they arise.
6-0-5a Make observations that are relevant to a specific question.
6-0-5c Select and use tools and instruments to observe, measure, and construct.
6-0-7g Communicate methods, results, conclusions, and new knowledge in a variety of ways.
Language as Sense Making
Access, use, build, and refine schema.
Select from and use a variety of strategies.
Be aware of and articulate the ways that one engages with text
Language as System
Recognize, apply, and adapt rules and conventions.
Identify, analyze, and apply understandings of whole-part-whole relationships.
Distinguishing between the different types of information useful for solving the problem
Drawing a diagram for the problem or illustrating it
Formulating questions
Exploring various ways of solving the problem
Using different means of communication to propose explanations or solutions (e.g. oral presentation, written presentation, procedure)
During Reading/Viewing
Applies knowledge of cueing systems to construct meaning
Uses a variety of reading strategies to make meaning of different text types
Skills: Students will develop the skills required for scientific and technological inquiry, for solving problems, for communicating scientific ideas and results, for working collaboratively, and for making informed decisions.
P2: Students will be expected to use digital tools to develop ideas and original works in innovative ways.
TOC1: Students will be expected to
safely use many forms of current technology for learning with growing competence
demonstrate conceptual understanding of how information and communication technology, digital tools, and authorized networks support their learning
use terminology related to information and communication technology
Skills: Students will develop the skills required for scientific and technological inquiry, for solving problems, for communicating scientific ideas and results, for working collaboratively, and for making informed decisions.
GCO1: Students will be expected to design, develop, evaluate, and articulate technological solutions
GCO2: Students will be expected to operate and manage technological systems
