Research robots in art

Art and design

In this unit, pupils design and make a robot using recycled materials. They will investigate robots in film and TV, before answering a series of quick robot design challenges, then creating their own recycled robot using construction techniques.

Recycled robots: drawing and sculpture

bright colours, black and white, or symbolic colours

A robot is a machine capable of carrying out complex actions __________.

Robots like vacuum cleaners are popular in homes for __________cleaning.

True or false? All robots look like humans.

Understanding and empathizing with human emotions

Robots can often be more effective than humans and can be used for the following: (Select all that apply)

the form of something made by a line around the edge

It is used for drawing straight lines only

It is used for writing or drawing fine lines

What is the purpose of a pencil when drawing?

Name one marking-making tool used for creating marks on paper.

shapes that have uniform measurements and do not appear in nature

shapes that do not have straight lines and are found in nature

something that has height, width, and depth, unlike a flat drawing

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Research robots in art

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.