Teaching overview
Learning points
- Designers create a robotic kitchen that can cook fresh meals from scratch.
- Canada experiences its worst wildfires on record and the smoke from these fires is spreading across the US.
- Saildrone's fleet of uncrewed surface vehicles explore the ocean, finding a previously undiscovered mountain and other important scientific data.
Curriculum keywords
- Robotic Kitchen
- Wildfires
- Saildrone
This Week's Kahoot Quiz
Each week we'll be bringing you a free quiz that you can use with your students after they've enjoyed the episode.
Spark a discussion
Robotic Kitchen
- What is the robotic kitchen designed to do?
- Over how many different meals can the robotic kitchen cook?
- What meal would you like the robot to learn?
Canada Wildfires
- Over how many US firefighters have gone to Canada to help tackle the wildfires?
- What major US city was mentioned in the film as having been impacted by the smoke from these fires?
- Where else in the United States has the smoke reached?
Saildrone
- What has Saildrone discovered off the coast of California?
- What was Saildrone able to film the inside of for the first time?
- What other potential uses do you think Saildrone's uncrewed surface vehicles could have?
Classroom Resources
Use these resources to get the most out of the news update and engage your class in topical science!
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Video Viewing Guide
This graphic organizer supports your students to capture their thoughts and questions as they watch the news update.
Make Your Own Science News Update
This simple guide helps your students to create their very own science news updates.
Language and Literacy Activities
This guide gives you ideas for how the news update can be used to support language and literacy activities.
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