Robots
Teacher Resource Web Sites

 

Get a Grip on Robotics 
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/robots/overview/
An online exhibit that explains the five degrees of robots and seven degrees of mobility freedom, featuring interactive pages to explain this information. The site elaborates on the moral issues of robots and contains discussion questions for classroom use. It also offers useful information but is non-printable. 
 
(general index) Robots in the Classroom 
http://www.occdsb.on.ca/~proj4632/kids.htm
Features many pages of kid's activities that could be assigned separately or used for web exploration. It also has other robot-related links.

Robotics in the Classroom 
http://www.occdsb.on.ca/~proj4632/index.htm 
A site designed and maintained by an Ottawa school district, featuring indexes to more activities and lesson plans. Lots of stuff here for students and teachers!

See related site, with lesson outline on data management, measuring, planning/predicting: http://www.occdsb.on.ca/~proj4632/teachers.htm#Robotics%20-%20An%20Introductory%20Less

NASA's Cool Robot of the Week 
http://ranier.hq.nasa.gov/telerobotics_page/coolrobots.html
This site features archives of “cool robots” and information about creators. 

The History of Robotics 
http://cache.ucr.edu/~currie/roboadam.htm 
California middle school student Adam Currie won his state's History Day competition with his website on the history of robotics, which features great graphics and information about robot history.

Ambulatory Robotics Lab
www.cim.mcgill.ca/~arlweb/ 
Site contains pictures and videos of robots designed to simulate the
movements of biological organisms.

Robot Information Central
www.robotics.com/robots.html 
A directory filled with hundreds of links to other robot-related sites,
everything from games, simulations, and robot clubs to stories and books.
Also has information about doing a school report on robots.

 

[Also see related activity sites in the Kid Zone section of this Witte TeleVentures section.] 

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