Design Brief:
Edison is on a journey to save his town from the evil robot Ed Tank!
Along his journey, Edison will need to gain six skills and gather some power up resources.
Below is a check list that Edison needs to meet before he can challenge Ed Tank to a sumo wrestle!
| EDISONS TO-DO-LIST | |
| Skills to gain | Power up resources to collect |
| 1. Move forward for 3 consecutive seconds | 1. |
| 2. Accumulate 360 degrees in turning | 2. |
| 3. Detect a line | 3. |
| 4. React to sound | 4. |
| 5. Choreograph a victory dance | 5. |
WEBPAGE SETUP:
1. Log in to your WordPress website
2. Make sure you are on your Digital Technology site
3. Click on the Pages button and select Add New Page, then select a blank page
4. Add a title ‘Edison Robots’
5. Copy the Design Brief from this page and paste it below your page title
TASK 1:
RESEARCH
Add the following into your Edison Robots webpage with a heading of RESEARCH:
– Go to www.edblocksapp.com and find the following commands.
Give an explanation and include an image for each command
1. Move forward for 1 second
2. Turn left for 3 seconds
3. Set drive speed to fast
4. Turn right LED on
5. Beep
– Find 5 more commands and give an explanation and image for each
TASK 2:
IDEAS
Add evidence of the following into your webpage with a heading of IDEAS:
– Collaborate with your group members to brainstorm ideas for the skills Edison needs to gain.
– When you have some ideas flowing, draw a mud map on the whiteboard and explain your thoughts with annotation. Link each idea to a skills Edison is gaining.
– Now that you have your 6 skills mapped out, collaborate with your group to brainstorm ideas for the 6 resources Edison is to gain. Each resource should add to Edison’s story and assist him in his journey.
– Add each resource to the whiteboard with annotation
TASK 3:
DEVELOPMENT
Add evidence of the following into your webpage with a heading of DEVELOPMENT:
– Use the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. technique to develop your ideas.
Each time you use a scamper acronym, identify it clearly on your mud map.
When you have found a way to meet each acronym, add a table into your webpage and explain what you did for each point.
Substitute: Take something out and add something else in its place. Like taking a ramp and substituting it for a tunnel.
Combine: Take two ideas and mash them together to make one concept. Like putting the tunnel inside/under the ramp.
Adapt: Adapt one idea to meet a different purpose. For example, a different skill or resource
Modify: Take one idea and modify it to do something different. Like making a ramp that Edison goes down into a set of stairs that Edison hops down.
Put to another use: Take an idea and put it to work in another way. Like turning the ramp upside down and using it as a seesaw.
Eliminate: Take one concept out of your obstacle course all together. This could be an obstacle course section or one skill or one resource.
Reverse: Make Edison do a part of the course backwards to how it was originally planned.
TASK 4:
PRODUCTION OF OBSTACLE COURSE
Add evidence of the following into your webpage with a heading of PRODUCTION OF OBSTACLE COURSE:
– When you have finished the planning stage you can start to make your obstacle course.
– Use the whiteboard, whiteboard markers, cardboard, tape, LEGO, paper and any other approved items (ask your teacher) to make your obstacle course to plan.
– Take a photo of your finished product and add it to your webpage with an evaluation on your groups progress including answers to the following questions:
Q/ What went well with your experience of building the obstacle course as a team?
Q/ What could have gone better?
Q/ If you had more time and/or more resources, what would you do differently?
PRODUCTION OF CODE
Add evidence of the following into your webpage with a heading of PRODUCTION OF CODE:
– When your obstacle course is all built and ready to go, you will give your work to another group who will code their Edison through your course. You and your group will be coding your Edison through the obstacle course another group too.
– Create your code using the Edison Coding Website.
TASK 5:
EVALUATION
Add the following into your webpage with a heading of EVALUATION:
– Write an evaluation answering the following questions in full sentences.
Q/ What went well with your experience of coding and testing the Edison Robot?
Q/ What could have gone better?
Q/ If you had more time, what would you do differently?
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