Lego Robotics

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Students will participate in a challenge that involves some construction and programming of robots to complete tasks around a Lego challenge map. This program covers key areas in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM).

Students will exercise problem-solving and team-working skills whilst designing, building and programming Lego robots. The robots will perform specific tasks using motors and sensors to solve problems on the Lego challenge map.

They will engage in hands-on STEM education. Students will experiment with speed, distance and measurement, whilst developing critical thinking skills and the ability to predict and draw conclusions.

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Curriculum Audit

Level 3
- Critical and Creative Thinking
  - Meta-cognition
    
    Investigate a range of problem-solving strategies, including brainstorming, identifying, comparing and selecting options, and developing and testing hypotheses (VCCCTM020)
  - Reasoning
    
    Identify and use 'If, then…' and 'what if…' reasoning (VCCCTR016)
- Digital Technologies
  - Creating Digital Solutions
    
    Define simple problems, and describe and follow a sequence of steps and decisions involving branching and user input (algorithms) needed to solve them (VCDTCD023)
    
    Develop simple solutions as visual programs (VCDTCD024)
  - Data and Information
    
    Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented in different ways (VCDTDI020)
  - Digital Systems
    
    Explore a range of digital systems with peripheral devices for different purposes, and transmit different types of data (VCDTDS019)
- Mathematics
  - Measurement and Geometry
    
    Using Units of Measurement
    
    Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, area, mass and capacity
    
    Geometric Reasoning
    
    Identify angles as measures of turn and compare angle sizes in everyday situations
  - Number and Algebra
    
    Number and Place Value
    
    Recall multiplication facts of two, three, five and ten and related division facts (VCMNA134)
    
    Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies
- Science
  - Science Inquiry Skills
    
    Analysing and Evaluating
    
    Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings (VCSIS070)
  - Science Understanding
    
    Physical Sciences
    
    Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance (VCSSU064)
Level 4
- Critical and Creative Thinking
  - Meta-cognition
    
    Investigate a range of problem-solving strategies, including brainstorming, identifying, comparing and selecting options, and developing and testing hypotheses (VCCCTM020)
  - Reasoning
    
    Identify and use 'If, then…' and 'what if…' reasoning (VCCCTR016)
- Digital Technologies
  - Creating Digital Solutions
    
    Define simple problems, and describe and follow a sequence of steps and decisions involving branching and user input (algorithms) needed to solve them (VCDTCD023)
    
    Develop simple solutions as visual programs (VCDTCD024)
  - Data and Information
    
    Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented in different ways (VCDTDI020)
  - Digital Systems
    
    Explore a range of digital systems with peripheral devices for different purposes, and transmit different types of data (VCDTDS019)
- Mathematics
  - Measurement and Geometry
    
    Using Units of Measurement
    
    Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures
  - Number and Algebra
    
    Fractions and Decimals
    
    Recognise that the place value system can be extended to tenths and hundredths. Make connections between fractions and decimal notation
    
    Number and Place Value
    
    Develop efficient mental and written strategies and use appropriate digital technologies for multiplication and for division where there is no remainder
- Science
  - Science Inquiry Skills
    
    Analysing and Evaluating
    
    Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings (VCSIS070)
  - Science Understanding
    
    Physical Sciences
    
    Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance (VCSSU064)
Level 5
- Critical and Creative Thinking
  - Reasoning
    
    Investigate common reasoning errors including contradiction and inconsistency, and the influence of context (VCCCTR024)
- Digital Technologies
  - Creating Digital Solutions
    
    Define problems in terms of data and functional requirements, drawing on previously solved problems to identify similarities (VCDTCD030)
    
    Design, modify and follow simple algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, involving sequences of steps, branching, and iteration (VCDTCD032)
    
    Develop digital solutions as simple visual programs (VCDTCD033)
- Mathematics
  - Measurement and Geometry
    
    Geometric Reasoning
    
    Estimate, measure and compare angles using degrees. Construct angles using a protractor (VCMMG202)
    
    Using Units of Measurement
    
    Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and mass (VCMMG195)
  - Number and Algebra
    
    Patterns and algebra
    
    Follow a mathematical algorithm involving branching and repetition (iteration) (VCMNA194)
    
    Number and Place Value
    
    Use efficient mental and written strategies and apply appropriate digital technologies to solve problems (VCMNA185)
- Science
  - Science Inquiry Skills
    
    Analysing and Evaluating
    
    Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem (VCSIS087)
  - Science Understanding
    
    Science as a Human Endeavour
    
    Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people's lives (VCSSU073)
Level 6
- Critical and Creative Thinking
  - Reasoning
    
    Investigate common reasoning errors including contradiction and inconsistency, and the influence of context (VCCCTR024)
- Digital Technologies
  - Creating Digital Solutions
    
    Define problems in terms of data and functional requirements, drawing on previously solved problems to identify similarities (VCDTCD030)
    
    Design, modify and follow simple algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, involving sequences of steps, branching, and iteration (VCDTCD032)
    
    Develop digital solutions as simple visual programs (VCDTCD033)
- Mathematics
  - Measurement and Geometry
    
    Using Units of Measurement
    
    Solve problems involving the comparison of lengths and areas using appropriate units (VCMMG224)
  - Number and Algebra
    
    Fractions and Decimals
    
    Add and subtract decimals, with and without digital technologies, and use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers (VCMNA214)
    
    Multiply decimals by whole numbers and perform divisions by non-zero whole numbers where the results are terminating decimals, with and without digital technologies (VCMNA215)
- Science
  - Science Inquiry Skills
    
    Analysing and Evaluating
    
    Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem (VCSIS087)
  - Science Understanding
    
    Science as a Human Endeavour
    
    Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people's lives (VCSSU073)
Level 7
- Critical and Creative Thinking
  - Meta-cognition
    
    Consider a range of strategies to represent ideas and explain and justify thinking processes to others (VCCCTM040)
    
    Consider how problems can be segmented into discrete stages, new knowledge synthesised during problem-solving and criteria used to assess emerging ideas and proposals (VCCCTM042)
  - Questions and Possibilities
    
    Consider how to approach and use questions that have different elements, including factual, temporal and conceptual elements (VCCCTQ032)
- Digital Technologies
  - Creating Digital Solutions
    
    Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, and trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors (VCDTCD042)
- Mathematics
  - Number and Algebra
    
    Real Numbers
    
    Connect fractions, decimals and percentages and carry out simple conversions (VCMNA247)
- Science
  - Science Inquiry Skills
    
    Analysing and Evaluating
    
    Reflect on the method used to investigate a question or solve a problem, including evaluating the quality of the data collected, and identify improvements to the method (VCSIS112)
  - Science Understanding
    
    Science as a Human Endeavour
    
    Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations (VCSSU090)
Level 8
- Critical and Creative Thinking
  - Meta-cognition
    
    Consider a range of strategies to represent ideas and explain and justify thinking processes to others (VCCCTM040)
    
    Consider how problems can be segmented into discrete stages, new knowledge synthesised during problem-solving and criteria used to assess emerging ideas and proposals (VCCCTM042)
  - Questions and Possibilities
    
    Consider how to approach and use questions that have different elements, including factual, temporal and conceptual elements (VCCCTQ032)
- Digital Technologies
  - Creating Digital Solutions
    
    Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, and trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors (VCDTCD042)
- Mathematics
  - Measurement and Geometry
    
    Using Units of Measurement
    
    Investigate the relationship between features of circles such as circumference, area, radius and diameter. Use formulas to solve problems involving determining radius, diameter, circumference and area from each other (VCMMG288)
- Science
  - Science Inquiry Skills
    
    Analysing and Evaluating
    
    Reflect on the method used to investigate a question or solve a problem, including evaluating the quality of the data collected, and identify improvements to the method (VCSIS112)
  - Science Understanding
    
    Science as a Human Endeavour
    
    Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations (VCSSU090)

Audience

Student learning

Learning Areas

Critical and Creative Thinking Digital Technologies Mathematics Science

Year Levels

Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8