Real-World Robots
What a robot really is — not the sci-fi version; robots in factories, robot vacuum cleaners, robot arms in surgery; that robots follow instructions given by people
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If your child saw a robot vacuum cleaner, could they explain how it's different from a person cleaning — that it follows instructions rather than thinking for itself?
What a robot really is — not the sci-fi version; robots in factories, robot vacuum cleaners, robot arms in surgery; that robots follow instructions given by people
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CS Unplugged · Practice link — not the full lesson
Kidbots
Unplugged introduction to robots and programs as sequences of instructions people write, test, and debug—not sci-fi characters. Start with Rescue Mission for the hands-on activity.
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Review and open practice
Save a parent note in the learner’s words: what a robot is and that it follows instructions people give it.
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Open practice (new tab)Source, access and review notes
Unplugged introduction to robots and programs as sequences of instructions people write, test, and debug—not sci-fi characters. Start with Rescue Mission for the hands-on activity.
Save a parent note in the learner’s words: what a robot is and that it follows instructions people give it.
Free · no login · no ads · printable lessons
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CS Unplugged · Practice link — not the full lesson
Rescue Mission · Kidbots
Hands-on follow-up where learners act as robot, pointer, and tester while running exact movement instructions.
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Review and open practice
Photograph the activity setup and note which role the learner played and one instruction that had to be corrected.
Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.
Open practice (new tab)Source, access and review notes
Hands-on follow-up where learners act as robot, pointer, and tester while running exact movement instructions.
Photograph the activity setup and note which role the learner played and one instruction that had to be corrected.
Free · no login · no ads · printable lesson
CC BY-SA
Check understanding
- Describe what a robot is (a machine that follows instructions to do a task)
- Name at least three real robots and what they do
- Explain that robots are not alive and do not have feelings — they follow instructions people wrote
“If your child saw a robot vacuum cleaner, could they explain how it's different from a person cleaning — that it follows instructions rather than thinking for itself?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Computing
- Domain
- Artificial Intelligence
- Age range
- Ages 5–7