Cross age making a robot
This lesson sequence is a cross-age project that can be used for students in year 5/6 in collaboration with students from years 1-2. In this project, students collaborate on a code for an unplugged robot. They design, test and modify the robot and create instruction manuals.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 1-2, 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Specification (decomposing problems), Computational thinking, Implementation (programming) |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Robotics and drones |
| Keywords | Cross age, Robots, Unplugged, Programming, Instructions, Design, Think like an inventor |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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