Activity
Learn about some tasks common in ancient Hawaiʻi and think of how robots could complete those tasks.
STEM Exploration Lesson
Programming
Grades: 4-5
Time: 30 minutes
Overview
Imagine if there were robots in ancient Hawaiʻi.
Materials
Goals
Objectives
Next Generation Science Standards
Materials
- Computer or other device with internet + speakers
- About 5 blank pieces of paper
- A pencil
Goals
- Understand how robots are invented to solve problems of performing tasks that humans cannot or do not want to do; and
- Think of how robots could have performed tasks in ancient Hawaiʻi.
Objectives
- See examples of people plant and pull kalo, pound poi, and pick, husk, and open coconuts; and
- Invent and design robots that could perform the tasks listed above.
Next Generation Science Standards
ETS1.A; 3-5-ETS1-1
Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems
Possible solutions to a problem are limited by available materials and resources (constraints). The success of a designed solution is determined by considering the desired features of a solution (criteria). Different proposals for solutions can be compared on the basis of how well each one meets the specified criteria for success or how well each takes the constraints into account.
3-5-ETS1-1
People’s needs and wants change over time, as do their demands for new and improved technologies.
3-5-ETS1-2
Engineers improve existing technologies or develop new ones to increase their benefits, decrease known risks, and meet societal demands.
