Robots: Lesson 3

Making Robots Walk

Teacher Downloads:

Lesson Plan: View PDF
Graphic Organizers: GO#1 | GO#4
Glossary: View PDF
Video Clip: Make Your Robot Walk without Falling
News Article: New Strides Made with Robots' Walks

TEKS OBJECTIVES

English Language Arts, Grades 4-5

• Listening/Speaking:

  1A, 1C, 1D, 2A, 2D, 2E, 4A, 5F
• Reading/Word Identification:

  6A
• Reading/Vocabulary:

  9A, 9B
• Reading/Comprehension:

  10A, 10B, 10C, 10E, 10G, 10H, 10I, 10L
• Reading/Literary Response:

  11A, 11D
• Viewing:

  23B, 24B

English Language Arts, Grades 6-8

• Listening/Speaking:

  1A, 1C, 1D, 2A, 2D, 2E, 4A, 5F
• Reading/Word Identification:

  6A
• Reading/Comprehension:

  10A, 10B, 10C, 10E, 10G, 10H, 10I, 10L
• Reading/Literary Response:

  11A, 11D
• Viewing:

  22B, 22C, 23B

Science, Grades 4-8

• Scientific Processes:

  3D

Technology Education, Grades 6-8

• Describing Technology that Meets Specific Goals:
  2C
• Solving Technological Problems:
  13A, 13B

National Science Education Standards, Grades 5-8

• Science and Technology: E
• Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: F

NCSS Social Studies Standards, Grades 6-8

• Science, Technology, and Society: A

TAKS OBJECTIVES

Reading, Grades 4-8:

• Objectives 1, 3, 4

Science, Grades 5 and 8:
• Objective 1

Lesson Objectives:

Learners will:

• identify cause-and-effect relationships in video
  clips and news articles
• identify important information in both a video
  clip and a news article
• make comparisons between different robots
  shown in different media
• use context clues to figure out the meanings
  of unknown words

Skills

• comparing and contrasting
• identifying cause and effect
• interpreting information
• locating specific information
• using context clues