Teacher's Notes: Keeping discipline

This lesson teaches lighter and more interesting material for students and combined with the fun blocks, they are often distracted. Here are some guidelines that may help you.

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01 Jul 2022
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Be strict in the beginning

The robot can make many sounds. The robot can show many emotions. We start with a smile to set a productive tone in the classroom.
Later, when the new topics are covered, you as the teacher can let the students try new things and play.

Make a promise

One trick for the teacher is to make a promise to show something "cool" when all the assignments are done. Then show the "Fart" sounds. You can also show them how to speed up a sound.
This adds a bit of an effort-and-reward dynamic and usually boosts the instructor's authority in the group.

Courses and lessons with this Tutorial

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Robotics with LEGO SPIKE Prime - Level A1

The first level of the LEGO robotics curriculum for second, third, and fourth-grade students.

A "space adventure", but with robots. Different robot structures are built in this level. The motors are controlled so that the robots perform precise movements around the "earth", "moon" and "sun". We overcome various obstacles after bumping into them thanks to the force sensor. We learn interesting facts about the solar system and space vehicles.

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Lesson 4 - First alien contact

Introduction

Today we will program our scouting robot to show emotions and speak like a human. For this purpose, we will imagine that we are preparing to meet aliens on the planet Mars.

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At the moment, humanity has no evidence of the presence of extraterrestrials similar to us somewhere in space.

The planet Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system and is quite similar to Earth. Scientists believe that Mars could be inhabited by humans in the future. Currently, on Mars, the air is very thin and there is no liquid water. The planet is red in color due to the large amount of iron in the dust and rocks on the surface, and the iron has a rusty red color.