Grades 2-3: Solution Solvers

Congratulations on taking your first step into the exciting world of innovative technology! This course, Solution Solvers: Unit 1 Building and Coding Robots to Solve Classroom Challenges, is designed to provide you with the background needed to teach concepts in engineering design, robotics, autonomous vehicles, coding, and more!

Welcome! This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to effectively facilitate and implement ARK-Educates’ curriculum. Welcome! This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to effectively facilitate and implement ARK-Educates’ curriculum.

This section of the training is designed to provide you with background information explaining the “why” behind the curriculum, the units’ framework, the alignment between the content and the program, program implementation, and how problem-first thinking and the engineering design process foster creativity, innovation, and problem-solving.

Course Content

Introduction
Unit 1: Building and Coding Robots to Solve Classroom Challenges
13 Topics
1 Quiz
Course Navigation
Course Layout
Meet Your Facilitator
Curriculum and Technical Support
Course Objectives
Activity: Overview of ARK-Educates’ Curriculum Solutions Video
ARK-Educate: Solution Solvers Unit 1 Facilitator Guide and Slide Deck
Unit 1: Overview Video
Unit 1: Getting Started
Unit 1: Scope and Sequence Review
Solution Solvers Unit 1
Lesson 1: The Power of a Maker Mindset
4 Topics
Video: The Power of a Maker Mindset
Overview
Content Exploration
Optional Background Building Article: The Engineering Design Process
Lesson 2: Engineers Begin with Organization
7 Topics
1 Quiz
Overview
Content Exploration
Video: Conducting a Kit Inventory Video
Video: Kit Management-Tips for Success Video
Robotic Kit Preparation
Activity: Conduct a Robotic Kit Inventory
Self-Assessment: Robotic Kit Inventory
Robotic Kit Inventory – Self-Assessment
Lesson 3: Let’s Get Moving!
4 Topics
1 Quiz
Overview
Content Exploration
Self-Assessment: Coding
Self-Assessment: Coding
Activity: Time to Build and Practice!
Lessons 4-5: Building Robotic Classroom Helpers
4 Topics
Overview
Content Exploration
Activity: Time to Build a Robotic Classroom Helper!
Lessons 6-7: Design-Build-Code-Collaborate
4 Topics
Overview
Content Exploration
Video: Building a Collection Container
Activity: Build Your Own Collection Container
Lesson 8: Preparing to Present
2 Topics
Overview
Content Exploration
Lesson 9: Presenting Solutions for Classroom Problems
2 Topics
Overview
Content Exploration
Lesson 10: Engineering Wrap-Up, Disassembly, and Reflection
3 Topics
Overview
Content Exploration
Activity: Robot Disassembly and Inventory