Description
This is an assessment task (with rubric) that links in to a national competition in Australia run by the REA Foundation (https://rea.org.au/subs-in-schools/).
It is appropriate for any students learning about electronics, underwater machines or kinaesthetic skills such as soldering for the first time. I use it to teach buoyancy, forces, engineering, electricity and problem solving. It fits in reasonably well with the Year 9 Science Curriculum in Australia.
Building and testing the miniROV will take two students around 6 - 12 dedicated hours. Allow extra time for teaching the theory.
Build manuals, lesson plans and competition regulations can all be found here (https://rea.org.au/subs-in-schools/resources/).
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Description
This is an assessment task (with rubric) that links in to a national competition in Australia run by the REA Foundation (https://rea.org.au/subs-in-schools/).
It is appropriate for any students learning about electronics, underwater machines or kinaesthetic skills such as soldering for the first time. I use it to teach buoyancy, forces, engineering, electricity and problem solving. It fits in reasonably well with the Year 9 Science Curriculum in Australia.
Building and testing the miniROV will take two students around 6 - 12 dedicated hours. Allow extra time for teaching the theory.
Build manuals, lesson plans and competition regulations can all be found here (https://rea.org.au/subs-in-schools/resources/).
