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Teacher's Guide: NASA Robots
robot? How and why was a robot used? Do you think a smart robot could be your friend? Connections Robots have been used in manufacturing for more than a decade. What products do you use that were made with the help of a robot?...
Changing Your Mind: Nerve Cell Infomercials
Alan Alda and Gerry Edelman study the behavior of Darwin, a robot who has learned that blocks with stripes taste good, and blocks with blobs taste bad. Darwin's brain is modeled on a mammal's brain, with a visual cortex to receive the camera image, and a second spe...
United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change Games
Welcome, everyone! Try out these games from the United States Mint! Play our featured game: America the Beautiful Quarters® Games Action Help Minty the Mint Robot use a kite to collect lightning before it's too late. Find material and harness power to make the longest-burni...
Life's Really Big Questions: Self Propelled Learning
of only one planet. Your job is to design a self-propelled craft that can send back data about this alien world. Since cost control is essential, design one craft with special modules that can be adapted for each environment. The three planetary environments are: Planet covere...
Science NetLinks: The Robot Zoo
biomechanics of robot animals. Robot animals and hands-on activities illustrate real-life characteristics such as how a chameleon changes colors, how a giant squid propels itself, and how a fly walks on the ceiling. Learn by immersing yourself in the world o...
LEGO� Robots
Although the Mars rovers' autonomous navigation system is far more complex than the one in the LEGO® robots, engineers who designed the Mars system used a similar process to develop it. Before the rovers were launched, engineers considered each potential challenge and used t...
Forces
toward each other. Ask if students can recall examples of gravity from the video. (Possible answers include the roller coaster, the skydiver, and the toboggan.) Explain that friction is a force that pulls when two objects touch each other. Ask if students can recall examples from the video of...
Community Stories
tell. In a multi cultural community, students and teachers can learn about the cultures and languages that make up their school and community. For example, in places with Alaska Native and/or American Indians, there might be elders who have a wealth of knowl...
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