Technology & Engineering Resources
Using Your Sensors
Mystery Boxes
In this activity you will use senses other than sight to figure out a mystery object. This is a model of how a robot might use electronic senses to investigate its environment.
| Format | Online |
| Grades | Pre-K – 8 |
| Author | The Museum of Science, Boston |
| Source/Publisher | Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination Exhibit |
| ISBN | n/a |
| Shelving Location | n/a |
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Using Your Sensors
+ View Detailed Standard Connections
Primary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > The characteristics of organisms (Grade: K – 4)
- Science as Inquiry > Understanding about scientific inquiry (Grade: K – 4)
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Life Science (Biology) > Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: K – 2)
- Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: K – 2)
- Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: 9 – 12)
ITEA Standards For Technological Literacy (2000)
(National)
- Understanding Design > Problem solving (Grade: K – 2)
Secondary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Science as Inquiry > Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (Grade: K – 4)
- Science as Inquiry > Understanding about scientific inquiry (Grade: K – 4)
– View Concise Standard Connections
Primary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > The characteristics of organisms (Grade: K – 4)
The behavior of individual organisms is influenced by internal cues (such as hunger) and by external cues (such as a change in the environment). Humans and other organisms have senses that help them detect internal and external cues. - Science as Inquiry > Understanding about scientific inquiry (Grade: K – 4)
Scientists develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already know about the world (scientific knowledge). Good explanations are based on evidence from investigations.
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Life Science (Biology) > 06 Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: K – 2)
Recognize that people and other animals interact with the environment through their senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. - Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: K – 2)
Discuss observations with others. - Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: 9 – 12)
Pose questions and state hypotheses based on prior scientific observations, experiments, and knowledge.
ITEA Standards For Technological Literacy (2000)
(National)
- Understanding Design > 10.A Problem solving (Grade: K – 2)
Asking questions and making observations helps a person to figure out how things work.
Secondary Connections:
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Science as Inquiry > Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (Grade: K – 4)
Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses. - Science as Inquiry > Understanding about scientific inquiry (Grade: K – 4)
Simple instruments, such as magnifiers, thermometers, and rulers, provide more information than scientists obtain using only their senses.
Using Your Sensors
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