e crawlies....!. ok – so when someone says the word, ‘robot’ – what do you think of? ...

BUGSEwwww...creepy crawlies....!

ROBOTS ON THE SILVER SCREEN OK – so when someone says the word,

‘ROBOT’ – what do you think of?

Bicentennial Man? Hmm – there’s a joke there – what did he want in the end?

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ROBOTS ON THE SILVER SCREEN OK – so when someone says the word,

‘ROBOT’ – what do you think of?Oh yeah, gotta include the Daleks...

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ROBOTS ON THE SILVER SCREEN OK – so when someone says the word,

‘ROBOT’ – what do you think of?Hmmm....

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THINKING TIME... What do we use robots for?

It’s NOT a trick question – think! Laundry Washing the dishes ..?

So what IS a robot, actually? Can you come up with a good definition???

MAKING COMPUTERS ‘DO’ THINGS Well you can try shouting at them,

sometimes it helps you, but they tend to just stay where they are, doing what they’re doing... Or not doing...

So what do you remember about instructions to computers? What must they be???

CHALLENGE - 1 In pairs: A and B A go to the front to see the image held

in secret by your teacher. B get ready – A’s gonna describe it and

YOU will have to draw what A tells you

Let’s see how good you are at passing on instructions... Accurately... Effectively.... Efficiently...

You got, uh, 10 minutes, TOPS...

CHALLENGE - 2 In pairs: A and B still Now B gets revenge.... B go to the front to see the image held

in secret by your teacher. A get ready – A’s gonna describe it and

YOU will have to draw what A tells you Let’s see how good you are at passing

on instructions... Accurately... Effectively.... Efficiently...

You got, uh, 10 minutes, TOPS...

THINKING TIME - 2 So... What was easy about these? What was hard? Were they equally difficult?

If one was easier – why?

EXTENSION... For budding programmers among you... Can you see how this links to

programing? There’s a SPECIFIC link to the last exercise....

Email sangland@kes.sheffield.sch.uk – and the ones who get it right will be rewarded appropriately!