This lesson is a follow-up to Cube-lets 1. It will give students the opportunity to complete more challenges on their own. Students should have already had the Cube-lets 1 Lesson (a review of electricity, currents, circuits and energy; as well as an intro to Cube-lets with some brief challenges).
Science Standards:
3.PS.3: Heat, electrical energy, light, sound and magnetic energy are forms of energy.
4.PS.2: Energy can be transferred from one location to another or can be transformed from one form to another. Electric circuits require a complete loop of conducting materials through which electrical energy can be transferred. Electrical energy in circuits can be transformed to other forms of energy, including light, heat, sound and motion.
6.PS.4: An object’s motion can be described by its speed and the direction in which it is moving.
7.PS.4: Energy can be transferred through a variety of ways.
8.PS.2: Forces can act to change the motion of objects.
Technology Standards: STRAND: Design and Technology
Topic 3: Demonstrate that solutions to complex problems require collaboration, interdisciplinary understanding, and systems thinking.
Topic 4: Evaluate designs using functional, aesthetic and creative elements.
Critical Technology Connections:
Artificial Intelligence: The "Cubelets 2" lesson primarily introduces Trusted AI and Autonomy by allowing students to create simple robot behaviors through the combination of modular functions, mimicking the logic behind more complex autonomous systems.
Semiconductors and Microelectronics: The use of sensor Cubelets also provides a basic illustration of Integrated Sensing and Cyber, demonstrating how sensors gather information that can influence a system's actions.