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Teacher:

Faculty/Subject: STEMS
Unit of work: BUILDING A ROBOT TO HELP IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE (GROUP WORK)
Assessment weighting: 70%

Raw mark: ______/42

Issue date: LESSON 8

Due date: LESSON 19/20
Earlier submissions
Statement of intent due lesson 10
Mathematics Task 2 - "Costing your robot" due lesson 13

Outcomes:
By completing this task you will be able to:

Demonstrate a variety of communication skills for different audiences

Show self-regulation and problem solving in the creation of the project.

Apply your knowledge and skills to real world situations.

Use ICT appropriately in your learning.

Demonstrate shared responsibility and decision making with peers in your

learning.

Syllabus Outcomes:

Technology : 4.2.1 , 4.2.2 , 4.5.2

Science : SC4 - 5WS , 6WS , 8WS , 9WS
Mathematics : MA4 - 1WM , 2WM , 3WM

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Task/Design Brief:
You and your team have just been employed by a new design and innovation
company. You have been asked to identify an aged care or disability issue and
then design and build a robot which will help to improve their quality of life. This
robot is a prototype only and not to scale. As designers you must ensure the
robot:

functions correctly,
is visually appealing
and is safe to use

A range of additional materials may be used to improve the success of your robot
such as fabric for the user's comfort.
You will present your ideas to the company at the conclusion of the unit.

You will need to:

1. Provide a brief statement of intent that outlines how you will address the design
brief by describing what aged care or disability issue you have identified and
explain how you intend to solve these problems. What are you going to do?
This is to be no more than one or two paragraphs long.
2. Provide a short video diary that summarises the design process that you
followed to build your robot (no more than 5 minutes).
3. Mathematics Task 2 - "Costing your robot", by filling in the Robot Costing
Spreadsheet and include this as a printout.
4. Mathematics Task 3 - "Testing the capabilities of your robot", and include this as
a printout
5. Building, testing and demonstrating your robot prototype.

Assessment criteria:
COMPONENT

1. Statement of intent
a. Provides a clear statement of intent that describes the
aged care or disability issue and clearly describes how
it will be solved. Clear reference to the design brief
mentioning the proposed robots functionality,
appearance and safety.
b. Provides a statement of intent that describes the aged
care or disability issue and identifies how it will be
solved. With reference to the design brief mentioning
the proposed robots functionality, appearance and
safety.

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c. Provides a statement of intent that identifies the aged

care or disability issue and identifies how it will be
solved. With limited reference to the design brief.
d. Attempted

2. Short video diary (under 5 minutes)

a. Video that clearly communicates your design
process. This includes a collection of evidence
that showcases your research, development of
ideas, planning, problems encounter (testing) and
how you attempted to solve them. The video also
needs to show the steps involved in creating your
robot. Video is entertaining and is well edited to
summarise your progress. Use of video features
to improve your video.
b. Video that communicates your design process.
This includes a collection of evidence that
showcases your research, development of ideas,
planning, problems encounter (testing) and how
you attempted to solve them. The video also
needs to show the steps involved in creating your
robot. Video is edited to summarise your
progress.
c. Video that communicates your design process.
This includes most of your design process.The
video shows some steps involved in creating your
robot.
d. Attempted
3. Mathematics Task 2 - "Costing your robot"
a. Accurately completed
b. Completed
c. Partially completed
d. Attempted
4 . Mathematics Task 3 - "Testing the capabilities of

your robot"
a. Accurately completed
b. Completed
c.Partially completed
d . Attempted
5. Building, testing and demonstrating your robot
prototype.
a. Successfully produces a robot prototype that
effectively addresses the design brief by being
functional, visually appealing and safe. It clearly
helps with the disability or aged care issue
outlined in your statement of intent. Group goes

Teacher:
2

8-10

6-7

3-5

0-2
4
3
2
1

4
3
2
1

15-20

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beyond the set robotics lessons to improve their

robot prototype.
b. Produces a robot prototype that addresses the
design brief by being functional, visually
appealing and safe. It helps with the disability or
aged care issue outlined in your statement of
intent. Group uses most of the set robotics
lessons to improve their robot prototype.
c. Produces a robot prototype that addresses some
of the design brief by being functional, visually
appealing and safe. It helps with a disability or
aged care issue. Group uses some of the set
robotics lessons for their robot prototype.
d. Attempted

TOTAL

Teacher:

10-14

5-9

0-4

42

Steps to completing task successfully:

1) Refer to the assessment task and assessment criteria to ensure that you
understand the expectations of the task and how it will be marked.
2) Research the aged care or disability issue you are going to address.
3) Document your progress daily so you can successfully complete. Don't forget
to include video evidence that can be compiled into a short video presentation.
4) Complete Mathematics Tasks 2 and 3, and provide a printout of your work in
the written journal.
5) Complete , and provide a printout of your work in the written journal.
6) Refer to the previous Robot Challenges and the option challenges if you need
guidance with your robot.
7) Always research, brainstorm ideas, draw a few sketches and experiment
before making your final robot design.
8) Make sure that you have checked your written journal before submitting it.
Poor grammar and typos detract from the quality of your work.
9) Use the set robotics lessons and your own experimenting to create the robot
prototype.

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10) Present your robot and video presentation by the due date.

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