The School at Columbia University
Proposal submitted by Lisbeth Uribe and Amy Eguchi
This innovative curriculum integrates the use of robotics across subject areas in grades two through four. The curriculum incorporates robotics - and the attendant skills of programming and engineering - into science, art, dance, and music while taking advantage of opportunities to support collaborative learning, literacy, creative expression and group problem-solving. Students in the second grade practiced measurement skills, and calculated ratios between time and distance and created elaborate costumes for robot dancers. In the third grade students created city-inspired performances using robot pedestrians and vehicles moving to music of their own creation. Students in the fourth grade built and programmed robots, incorporating sensors for imagined undersea exploration. The team included six current faculty members of The School - Lisbeth Uribe, Greg Benedis-Grab, Andrew Gardner, David Gordon, Nancy Wong and Yoshiko Maruiwa - as well as five former or part-time faculty members - Shawn Mishler, Jenny Howland, Pamela Bernstein, Patti MacDonald and Amy Eguchi.
2009 Winners:
"Gigapan School Exchange (finalist)" | "Integrated Robotics Curriculum" |