Papercraft (you print out 10 pieces of paper, bring scissors, glue, let them have at it usually does 2 things -- they're interested in a build and are learning build skills and they're keeping quiet.
A few for you to look at:
robots:
http://members.chello.nl/m.egtberts2/pdf/retrobot.pdf
Color their own/make their own:
http://members.chello.nl/m.egtberts2/pdf/fs_blank.pdfhttp://thunderpanda.com/509/
Thunderpanda Troops:
http://thunderpanda.com/509/
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
News stories for teachers
There's a "Robot Hall of Fame" at the Carnegie Mellon Institute, and there's a list of new inductees. Some are fictional, some are real, all have had a very strong social impact:
http://www.robothalloffame.org/
An article on how people react to robots -- it's mainly in how you think of them:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14666-robot-builders-seek-a-little-help-from-scifi.html
http://www.robothalloffame.org/
An article on how people react to robots -- it's mainly in how you think of them:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14666-robot-builders-seek-a-little-help-from-scifi.html
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