Revolutionizing Robotics

Journal Article | May 2023

My Robot Can Fly!

Journal Article | April 2021

Robotic Versus Manned Space Travel

Book Chapter | December 2003

Manned space flights are supported by the notion that humans have an innate need to explore the universe—in specially protected spacecrafts—but at great risk to life. Congress wants manned space travel to support an…

Connecting a Community Through Computational Thinking and Robotics

Journal Article | February 2023

From Birding to Robotics: Integrating STEM Learning Through Community Collaboration

Journal Article | August 2023

Here Come the Robots: A Century of Fear and Fascination with Automated Machines

Journal Article | March 2024

Teaching resources from the Library of Congress

Sensing in Animals and Robots: Collaborative, Transdisciplinary Learning in an Undergraduate Science Course

Journal Article | March 2024

Transdisciplinary learning—where students develop and apply knowledge from multiple disciplines to solve open-ended problems—is necessary to prepare students for the most pressing real-world problems. Because…

Sphero Robots and the Periodic Table

Journal Article | October 2019

Students review the periodic table by coding robots.

Making in the Middle: Robots and Sequences

Journal Article | January 2019

This column explores maker spaces, engineering, and more. This article presents a lesson that allows students to engage with robotics as they work through three modules exploring sequences.

Making in the Middle: Walk Like a Robot

Journal Article | June 2019

Exploring maker spaces, engineering, and more

Robotics on Water

Journal Article | June 2010

“Engineering Challenge for the 21st Century,” a weeklong teacher workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation, uses project-based learning (PBL) to help students and teachers build science, technology,…

Early Childhood Robotics

Journal Article | September 2018

A Lego robotics club inspired by Reggio Emilia supports children’s authentic learning.