Sphero Jousting Tournament
by Janelle Moran
In this lesson students apply their Medieval Times knowledge and energy transfer to create a knight that will compete in a jousting tournament using spheros. The students will use a solo cup as the base of their knight but will need to use their own thinking to create that cup into a knight. Students will need access to multiple crafting ideas and items like unsharpened pencil, skewers or popsicle sticks for the lance. The arena of where to have the tournament will need to be planned by the teacher or students. This will depend on the space that is available.
Lesson Grade Level
6th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10avINlunxUG3yDPfLNjo7fncind9VzUU/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P3: Net Force P4: Energy Transfer Technology 2. Digital Citizen 3. Knowledge Constructor 4. Innovative Designer 6. Creative Communicator Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S7: Apply Project Management to Engineering Mathematics Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Informational Text) Speaking & ListeningRelated Content
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