NDLI: How Do Sensors Work?

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How Do Sensors Work?

Content Provider	TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12
Author	Sinha, Nishant Chaudhary, Trisha Nair, Srijith Samarth, Pranit Nair, Satish S.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Through six lesson/activity sets, students learn about the functioning of sensors, both human and robotic. The overall framework reinforces the theme of the human body as a system with sensors—that is, from an engineering perspective. Through six lesson/activity sets, students learn about the functioning of sensors, both human and robotic. In the activities, student groups use LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 robots and components to study human senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) in more detail than in previous units in the series. They also learn about the human-made rotation, touch, sound, color and ultrasonic sensors. "Stimulus-sensor-coordinator-effector-response" pathways are used to describe the processes as well as similarities between human/animal and robotic equivalent sensory systems. The important concept of sensors converting/transducing signals is emphasized. Through assorted engineering design challenges, students program the LEGO robots to respond to input from various LEGO sensors. The overall framework reinforces the theme of the human body as a system with sensors—that is, from an engineering perspective. PowerPoint® presentations, quizzes and worksheets are provided throughout the unit.
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Regents of The University of Colorado Curators of The University of Missouri
Subject Keyword	Life Science Science and Technology Biotechnology Human Body Brain Robot Computer Nervous System Sensory Biotech
Content Type	Text
Education Level	Class IV Class V Class VI Class VII Class VIII
Resource Type	Syllabus
Subject	Biology Technical

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