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Scientist Profile: Roboticist

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Scientist Profile: Roboticist

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/e42b9fdb-73c4-4ace-90a7-1743a71fc7d6/e42b9fdb-73c4-4ace-90a7-1743a71fc7d6/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

This DragonflyTV segment introduces robotics engineer Dr. Una-May O'Reilly, who designs robots with the ability to function without the help of humans. Her work on artificial intelligence (AI) will eventually give human faces and personalities to robots. This video can be played as an introduction to a lesson on artificial intelligence.

Content Standard(s):

Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: 6

29) Define artificial intelligence and identify examples of artificial intelligence in the community.

Examples: Image recognition, voice assistants.

Unpacked Content

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students will:

define artificial intelligence.
identify examples of artificial intelligence in the community.

Teacher Vocabulary:

artificial intelligence

Knowledge:

Students know:

that artificial intelligence is the use of computer systems to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence and include services such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision
making, and translation between languages.

Skills:

Students are able to:

identify examples of artificial intelligence.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

while artificial intelligence is designed to aide, it also has negative side effects.

Tags:

artificial intelligence, robot, roboticist

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Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

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Author:

Stephanie Carver

ALEX Classroom Resource

Scientist Profile: Roboticist