Create a maquette of a robot

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

A piece of paper with a drawing of a sculpture.

A small, rough model of a sculpture used for planning.

A photo of a sculpture used for planning.

A __________ is a three-dimensional piece of art made by shaping or combining materials.

What should you think about when designing a robot?

By using more plastic in everything they do.

How can robots help keep the world more sustainable?

Which of the following is not a joining technique sculptors use to secure a structure:

A machine capable of carrying out complex actions automatically

A visual tool that gathers images, materials and ideas for inspiration

Each robot has a different __________, like cleaning, helping people, or building things.

__________ means capable of continuing or being kept up over time.

Jean-Michel Basquiat depicted __________ using bold brushstrokes, bright colours, and abstract forms.

What size you think your artwork will be.

How long it will take to make your artwork.

What should you annotate on your mood board?

Eileen Agar’s ‘Robotics’ (1978) represents robots by blending organic and __________ forms with vibrant colours and textures

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

Equipment

Worksheet