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    Nyu Arctic Activity1 Worksheet

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    This worksheet guides students through designing shoes to test on an arctic walking robot. Students are asked to sketch and measure shoe designs, then form a hypothesis about whether the shoes will help the robot walk farther. They test the robot twice without shoes and twice with their designed shoes on different surfaces. Finally, students analyze whether their hypothesis was correct based on the test results and observations.

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    This worksheet guides students through designing shoes to test on an arctic walking robot. Students are asked to sketch and measure shoe designs, then form a hypothesis about whether the shoes will help the robot walk farther. They test the robot twice without shoes and twice with their designed shoes on different surfaces. Finally, students analyze whether their hypothesis was correct based on the test results and observations.

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    This worksheet guides students through designing shoes to test on an arctic walking robot. Students are asked to sketch and measure shoe designs, then form a hypothesis about whether the shoes will help the robot walk farther. They test the robot twice without shoes and twice with their designed shoes on different surfaces. Finally, students analyze whether their hypothesis was correct based on the test results and observations.

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    This worksheet guides students through designing shoes to test on an arctic walking robot. Students are asked to sketch and measure shoe designs, then form a hypothesis about whether the shoes will help the robot walk farther. They test the robot twice without shoes and twice with their designed shoes on different surfaces. Finally, students analyze whether their hypothesis was correct based on the test results and observations.

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    Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _________________ Class: ______________

    Arctic Robot Worksheet


    Research and Design
    Sketch the arctic walking robot in the box below.

    List three traits that you have as a person that help you get your basic needs.

    1.

    2.

    3.

    You will test a robot walking across a field of “snow”.

    The first test will be done with the robot as-built.

    The second test will be done with the robot fitted with shoes you will design.

    Arctic Animal Robot Activity — Arctic Robot Worksheet 1


    Draw a sketch of the shoes you want to test with the walking robot in the box below. Think about the
    following when you design your shoes: Should they be a skinny rectangle, a square, or a circle? Or a
    different shape? Should they be BIG shoes or tiny shoes?

    If your shoes are rectangles:

    Cut out your shoes and measure the length of the shoes in centimeters. Write the number in the space
    below.

    Length = __________ cm

    Measure the width of the shoes in centimeters. Write the number in the space below.

    Width = ___________ cm

    Compute the AREA of the shoes you designed.

    Area = Length x Width

    YOUR shoe area = _______ x _______ = __________ cm2


    (Length) (Width) (Area)

    Arctic Animal Robot Activity — Arctic Robot Worksheet 2


    If your shoes are circles:

    Cut out your shoes and measure the diameter of the shoes in centimeters. Write the number in the
    space below. Then calculate the radius.

    Diameter = __________ cm

    Radius = Diameter/2 = ___________ ÷ 2 = __________ cm


    (Diameter)

    Compute the AREA of the shoes you designed.

    Area = πR2 = 3.1416 x (Radius)2

    YOUR shoe area = 3.1416 x (_______)2 = __________ cm2


    (Radius)2 (Area)

    If your shoes are neither rectangles nor circles:

    1. Trace the shoe onto graph paper and count the number of squares that fit inside the shoe.
    2. If some square only partially fit in the shoe, count them as half of a square.
    3. Add together all the whole squares and half squares that count inside the shoe and record the
    number in the space below.

    YOUR shoe area = sum of all the squares = __________ cm2

    Write a hypothesis. Do you think the shoes will help increase how far the robot goes in the same
    number of steps? By how much? Write your hypothesis in the space below.

    Arctic Animal Robot Activity — Arctic Robot Worksheet 3


    Testing Directions
    1. Line up the robot at the start line. Mark the beginning with a pointer sticker.
    2. Press the “run” button on the NXT brick.
    3. When the robot stops, measure the distance it traveled.
    4. Repeat one more time so you have two trials.
    5. Repeat this with the shoes you designed. You should run the robot FOUR times, twice with the
    shoes and twice without the shoes.

    Trial 1 Trial 2
    Surface Distance in Distance in
    centimeters centimeters
    Robot without
    1. 2.
    added shoes
    1. Cotton
    Robot with add-
    3. 4.
    on shoes
    Robot without
    added shoes
    2.________
    Robot with add-
    on shoes
    Robot without
    added shoes
    3. ________
    Robot with add-
    on shoes

    Arctic Animal Robot Activity — Arctic Robot Worksheet 4


    Analysis Questions
    What did you observe in running the robot without the added shoes? Were there any problems?

    What did you observe when running the robot with the added shoes? Were there any problems?

    Was your hypothesis correct? If so, what evidence do you have to support one way or the other?

    Arctic Animal Robot Activity — Arctic Robot Worksheet 5

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