ROBOT RACES
In class this week a few of our Year 6 Students designed and created robot cars. A debate on who they thought could build the fastest car erupted. Eventually we had to settle the debate with a robot race to prove who built the ultimate robot car. The rules were simple, programme your robot car to get from point A to point B as fast as possible and remember to have fun. Excitement and curiosity filled the room as they all got ready to race.
In the end it didn’t matter who won the races, all the students had learned to re-evaluate and improve their designs. Isn’t that the essence of technology? Learning to use your imagination and knowledge to create a better design. Perhaps one day a few of our students will look back at these robot races and say: “That was the moment I knew that I would build the best robot on the planet.”
Here is to the future.
Sonia Terblanche
Junior School ICT & Robotics