{"id":590,"date":"2025-01-29T22:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T22:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/?page_id=590"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:53:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:53:53","slug":"classroom-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/classroom-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Classroom Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lesson Seeds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lesson seeds<\/em> are exemplars of lesson ideas developed and implemented by teachers participating in the Robots in Science project. In most cases, teachers adapted their existing units by adding Computational Thinking (CT) and robotics activities to enhance science experiments and models.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/Potential-Energy-FINAL-1_with-comments.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/PotKinEnergy2-300x247.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-596\" style=\"width:123px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/PotKinEnergy2-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/PotKinEnergy2.png 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Potential%20Energy%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Potential &amp; Kinetic Energy<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/Newtons3rdLaw2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595\" style=\"width:123px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/Newtons3rdLaw2.png 303w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/Newtons3rdLaw2-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Newtons%20Third%20Law%20of%20Motion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newton\u2019s Third Law of Motion<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/EnergyTransfer2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-598\" style=\"width:123px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/EnergyTransfer2.png 303w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/EnergyTransfer2-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Energy%20Transfer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy Transfer<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/LightSoundWaves2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-597\" style=\"width:123px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/LightSoundWaves2.png 303w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/LightSoundWaves2-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Waves%20Light%20and%20Sound.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Waves<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Computational Thinking Resources<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The project developed classroom resources to scaffold CT integration.&nbsp;These resources can be modified to support any of the lesson seeds above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/light-reflection-thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-698\" style=\"width:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/light-reflection-thumbnail.png 400w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/light-reflection-thumbnail-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Light%20Lesson%20CCversion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Light Reflection and Absorption Sample Mini-Lesson <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/CT_poster_thumb2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-701\" style=\"width:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/CT_poster_thumb2.png 400w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/CT_poster_thumb2-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/CT%20Poster%20V2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Computational Thinking Definition Poster<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/intertia-thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-700\" style=\"width:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/intertia-thumbnail.png 400w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/intertia-thumbnail-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Inertia%20Sheet%20final%20creative%20commons.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inertia Sample Mini-Lesson <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Teaching about Robotics<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Teachers introduced their students to a robotics kit prior to engaging in their integrated projects. The project developed the following resources to support student learning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/Scavenger-hunt-icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-696\" style=\"width:150px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/Scavenger-hunt-icon.png 400w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/Scavenger-hunt-icon-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/MakeCode%20Scavenger%20Hunt%20Tasks%202025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Makecode Scavenger Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/notice-and-wonder-icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-697\" style=\"width:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/notice-and-wonder-icon.png 400w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/notice-and-wonder-icon-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Notice%20and%20Wonder%20Activity.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hummingbird Robotics Hardware \u2018Notice and Wonder\u2019 Activity<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/notice-and-wonder-icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-697\" style=\"width:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/notice-and-wonder-icon.png 400w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/03\/notice-and-wonder-icon-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/New%20Notice%20Wonder%20Hardware%20Activity.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hardware Vocabulary Slides<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson Seeds<\/p>\n<p><em>Lesson seeds<\/em> are exemplars of lesson ideas developed and implemented by teachers participating in the Robots in Science project. In most cases, teachers adapted their existing units by adding Computational Thinking (CT) and robotics activities to enhance science experiments and models.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/01\/Potential-Energy-FINAL-1_with-comments.pdf\"><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Potential%20Energy%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Potential &amp; Kinetic Energy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Newtons%20Third%20Law%20of%20Motion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newton\u2019s Third Law of Motion<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Energy%20Transfer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy Transfer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/filedn.com\/lxSndNhHcBOX7E3btz01OiL\/RobotsInScience\/Waves%20Light%20and%20Sound.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Waves<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Computational Thinking Resources<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The project developed classroom resources to scaffold CT integration.&nbsp;These resources can be modified to support any of the lesson seeds above.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/classroom-resources\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"139,1,218,106","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-590","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":725,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/590\/revisions\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/robots-in-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}