Standards
Idaho State Standards
Here are correlations to the Idaho State Language and Math standards and to the Idaho State Science Standards. For more information about the overall standards, see the complete Idaho Content Standards for Science, the Next Generation Science Standards, and the alignment between Idaho and NGSS Science Standards. You may also access the Idaho English Language Arts/Literacy Standards and Mathematics Standards.
Language
Kindergarten
ELA-K-RS.IP.2
Listen to a series of texts organized around a variety of conceptually related topics to build knowledge about the world.
Suggested Lesson
Read about and create a robot. Have students draw a picture of a robot and tell what its job is. The robot should have features that represent the job that it is intended to perform.
Third Grade
ELA-3.GC.GU.1h
Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation to provide requested detail or clarification.
Suggested Lesson
Robots need instructions from humans to perform many of their functions. Can you write instructions for completing a task such as tying shoes, opening a door, drawing a house, etc.? Write one and then allow a friend to perform it just as written. Can they complete the task?
Fifth Grade
ELA-5.RC.NF.6b
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in historical, scientific, or technical texts.
Suggested Lesson
Research the history of the robot. How is a robot different from other machinery?
Math
Kindergarten
Math-K.OA.A.4
For a given whole number from one to nine, find the number that makes ten when added to the number by using physical, visual, or symbolic representations.
Suggested Lesson
Play the Build a Robot Game. Students roll two dice and look for combinations that make 10. If the total does equal 10, they get to choose a part of the robot from the pieces laying on the table. First person to build a complete robot wins. Access these robot images to play the game.
Fourth Grade
Math-4.NF.B.3c
Add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators by replacing each mixed number with an equivalent fraction, and/or by using properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Suggested Lesson
Using 2 inch square pieces of colored construction paper, students cut the pieces into fractional parts or use them whole to create a robot image and glue them onto a larger piece. The arms, legs, torso, face, and additional parts are then added together to create a whole number or a mixed number total of the squares used.
Sixth Grade
Math-6.G.A.1
Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
Suggested Lesson
Create a robot image out of triangles and quadrilaterals. The total area for your robot must be equal to three place values determined by rolling a dice 3 times and replacing each place with one of the digits.
Science
First Grade
Life Sciences: 1-LS-1.1
Design and build a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Supporting Content
All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects and move from place to place.
Animals have body parts that capture and convey different kinds of information needed for growth and survival. Animals respond to these inputs with behaviors that help them survive.
Fourth Grade
Physical Sciences: 4-PS-2.3
Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.
Supporting Content
Digitized information can be transmitted over long distances without significant degradation. High-tech devices, such as computers or cell phones, can receive and decode information-convert it from digitized form to voice-and vice versa.
Different solutions need to be tested in order to determine which of them best solves the problem, given the criteria and the constraints.
Sixth Grade - Middle School
Physical Sciences: MS-PS-4.3
Present qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals (0s and 1s) can be used to encode and transmit information.
Supporting Content
Digitized signals (sent as wave pulses) are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information.
Emphasis is on a basic understanding that waves can be used for communication purposes. Examples could include using fiber optic cable to transmit light pulses, radio wave pulses in WIFI devices, and conversion of stored binary patterns to make sound or text on a computer screen.