Robots: Lesson 4

Robots and Medicine

Teacher Downloads:

Lesson Plan: View PDF
Graphic Organizers: GO#1 | GO#5
Glossary: View PDF
Video Clip: 'Cyberknife' a Breakthrough Against Tumors
Video Clip: Artificial Muscles
News Article: Closing Open-Heart Surgery

TEKS OBJECTIVES

English Language Arts, Grades 4-5

• Listening/Speaking:

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

  6A, 6B, 6C, 6D
• Reading/Fluency:

  7C, 7D
• Reading/Comprehension:

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

  11A, 11B, 11C, 11D
• Reading/Inquiry:

  13C, 13G
• Viewing:

  23B, 23C

English Language Arts, Grades 6-8

• Listening/Speaking:

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

  6A, 6B, 6C, 6D
• Reading/Fluency:

  7C, 7D
• Reading/Comprehension:

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

  11A, 11B, 11C, 11D
• Reading/Inquiry:

  13C, 13G
• Viewing:

  22B, 22C, 23B, 23C, 23D

Science, Grades 4-7

• Scientific Processes:
  3D

Science, Grade 8

• Scientific Processes:
  3D, 5A

Technology Education, Grades 6–8

• 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:

• contribute relevant comments in a group discussion
• identify problems inherent in the use of robots in medicine
• make comparisons between information presented
  in video and in print
• make connections to information from previous lessons
• read and view media material to answer specific
  questions about robots and medicine

Skills

• listening, speaking, viewing
• locating/interpreting/synthesizing information
• making connections
• reading for a purpose