To Build a Bot
This article describes the process undertaken by three students from Feilding’s Manchester Street School as they designed and built a robot that won the New Zealand VEX IQ Challenge. The article offers an authentic way of introducing students to programming and computational thinking, as well as physics and engineering concepts related to energy, weight, and balance.
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| Audience | Kaiako;Students |
|---|---|
| Curriculum Level | 3 |
| Description | Photographs: Copyright © Matthew Hamling, used with permission The background textures used throughout this article are by George Frost, Copyright © Crown 2018 Photograph: By Simon Waterfield, copyright © Crown 2018 Illustration: By Toby Morris, copyright © Crown 2018 Photograph: “Moving hay” by Phillip Wong from https://goo.gl/XcFnGm is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Photographs: Copyright © Rebecca Hawkes, used with permission Text copyright © Crown 2018 |
| Education Sector | Primary |
| getAllSubjects | New Zealand Curriculum 2007 |
| ISBN | 978 1 77669 386 3 |
| Learning Area | English;Mathematics and Statistics;Science;Technology |
| Resource Language | English |
| Resource Owner | [email protected] |
| Resource type | Text/Chapter |
| Review Date | 08/28/2025 |
| Rights Information | Crown Copyright |