Engineering Design Process Lesson 1
Students will work through the Engineering Design Process in guiding Ozobot from the top of a page (Locker) to the bottom of a page (Lunch Room).
Trait Match-Up
Students explore how certain traits are inherited in animals by programming their Ozobot to randomly choose a trait from a pair of parents. Then students put the chosen inherited traits from the parents together to draw an example of the offspring.
What’s the Object?
Students use lines and Color Codes to program their bot to randomly choose an object. Students create a 2D model of the object by putting paper shapes together.
Ari’s Energy Food Chain
Bring the energy of ecosystems to life by programming Ari to simulate the flow of energy through a vibrant food chain, from the sun to producers, consumers, and decomposers. Use sequencing language to craft and present your model to your others!
Ari’s Mars Landing
Students set off on a guided journey using the Ari Compass App to spot the cardinal and intermediate directions and follow a path around the map. Along the way, they’ll tackle a design challenge based on Ari’s location—using their compass skills and
Imagine the Possibilities
Students use the Ari Compass App and measuring skills to create images on a grid. They plot points with compass directions and exact measurements, then follow and build their own compass-guided designs.
Building Bridges
Using the Compass App, students explore an area and decide where new bridges should go for efficient travel, applying compass and map-reading skills to determine the smartest routes and solve real-world challenges.
Ari’s Afternoon Adventure
Students kick off a mapping adventure with Ari’s Compass, figuring out where they are and charting paths across the map. As they explore, they’ll hunt for parallel and perpendicular lines and discover how these shapes show up all around us.
Storm Tracking
Students use the Ari Compass App and navigation skills to read maps and track weather across regions. They follow storm movement, report what they find, and communicate clear updates using compass directions.
Ari’s Solar System Adventure
Students use the Ari Compass App to learn how a compass works and how Earth’s magnetic field guides it. Then they explore magnetic fields across the solar system to see how a compass would behave on other planets.