Sheffield Girls' Project Showcase

Here are the submissions from Sheffield Girls' School.

Our Year 5 have had between 6-10 weeks of WER lessons.

Some of our girls from other year groups currently attend the out of school lessons at Discovery Stem.

Challenge 1 - Debugging

Nousha (Year 5) has written:

Section 1

The battery picture is so you can see when your robot needs charging.

The first icon is used for storing the programs, so you will need to find what you called your project and click to see your code in action. When you have finished your code on the software you are using you will have to use a cable to transfer the program. It is important you name it a name you will remember.

The second icon is for the sensors so you can see if there is a problem with the robot, why it happened. On the sensors, you can change the environment that your robot wants to be on.

The third icon is for the motor, it can change the speed of the robot and you can see if your robot is going too fast or too slow.

The last icon is for changing the sounds that the robot makes and also the background. This icon is called setting.

The sensors

The difference is that the numbers on the second photo are bigger. I think this is because they are on different terrain.

Here is Molly's Solution and answers to the debugging challenge. Molly is in Year 5

Below are two Google Docs by Maya (Year 5) who has had a go at our Debugging Challenge

Copy of debugging by Maya

Copy of debugging part 2 Maya

Here is Phoebe's solution (Year 5) to the second part of the challenge, where my robot went wrong on the debugging challenge and how she would fix the program.

Copy of Roboticks by Phoebe blunt

Haniah (Year 5) has had a go at the debugging section. She writes about the ports: I have the corrected the code and spotted the difference in sensors and the answer is that one has the port but the other doesn't. She has also had a go at correcting the code:

Here are Isabella S's (Year 5) entries for the Debugging Challenge:

Isabella Copy of Challenge 1 part 1

Copy of Part 2 of challenge 1 Mrs P added to website

Here is Libby's answer to the Debugging Challenge. Libby is in Year 3 and has no experience of robotics at school.

Challenge 2 - Arm Design

This is Nousha's Arm Design. Nousha is in Year 5.

She wrote:

"Section One - I think it is option three because I believe that to complete the task model it is a twisting motion and choice number three is the only one that has the right shape and design for the task.

Section Two - Design - This is my first arm. I wasn't sure how to get it to go and make the lever go down but I think a twisting motion will still make the bottle challenge. "

(The label points to the gears.)

Georgia (Year 5) has chosen an arm that movesrhings forwards and catapults them. The document below tells you more about this.

Georgia robotic arm

Here is Madison's Arm design (Year 5).

Madison says: "I have designed an arm that bends to grab things on my robot I will attach the long things to the robot. There is a piece of bendy wire

There are 4 big strips of lego, a stick at the end and a lot of lego.!

Here is Martha's Robotic Arm design. Martha (Year 5) says "I designed Number 3 Arm. It carries things in the holder at the top and can move with its wheels in different directions and can be used for shopping if it is bigger- it is made from meccano.

This is Leila's (Year 5) Arm design for solving one of the tasks. She writes:

This arm design will work successfully by attaching the bottom of the arm to the top of the robot to attach it. It will work by the clogs on either side of the arm and it will bend to pick up things . I have chosen this design because there are things to bend and it has its height to make sure it does not fallout. It have used 2 sticks of long lego to get the height and 2 corners to hold the object, a wheel for it to move and rotate. I didn't have the materials to make it so I drew it instead.

Amba (Year 5) has designed this arm and writes:

My robot arm is long so it can catapult the object far from the seat which is blocked on the sides so that the object it is throwing can’t fall out. This arm can help out by giving staff who work at the NHS a hand and can pass them things, help out patients and go near patients while not catching the virus. The arm is also magnetic and that is how it can pick things up.

Her robot which can be found on the robot design, which can be seen on Challenge 3) aims to use link with this arm.

Haniah, Year 5 , for Arm Design Task 1 has written "I choose number 3 because the cog system uses a motor to move , which means it can twist to move the bar to the magnet . "

Maya *Year 5) writes quite a detailed explanation of the Arm Design solution in the document below:

Maya arm design

Here is Sienna's solution (Year 5) to the different sections of the Arm Design:

Copy of Sienna Arm design section 1 and 2

Emilia (Year 5) writes: I think that arm three will work the best because it can push the part of the task so that it will close together on the other side. It will be more efficient because the motor will give it more power and it will close quicker.

Her is Libby from Year 3's Arm Design solution

Challenge 3 - Robot Design

Here is Amba's (Year 5) robot design. She writes: My robot can help out the NHS as it can’t carry the disease therefore can help and treat patients without using up any PPE. My robot is also designed to think out of any average human’s reach. Hopefully it will be able to think of a cure, make it, test it then use it in around 1 week.

Eyes-can see just like a human

Ears-have the hearing of a bat

Mouth-a siri-like talking help system (but can’t eat)

The robot has inteners that connect to and power source and can power him

It uses the arm that I designed and it has legs so that it can walk around easily and run the speed of lightning.

Here is Maya's Plant Babysitter Design. Maya (Year 5) has written a plan and then very detailed explanations for each part of her plant babysitter.

Here is Hannah L's Litter Robot. Hannah is Year 5. Hannah has obviously looked carefully at the design process and has included notes about how she followed this to design her robot.

Here is Nousha's Robot Design. Nousha is in Year 5. She says:

My robot that I created was to help people get across the road safely. My robot is around 1.5m tall and will give instructions to you if you are in trouble. My robot will make sure that you can hear the instructions and see them on his brain pad. My robot will also try and save lives such as telling the driver someone is walking across the road. For example my robot will tell the driver that someone is walking so he can stop. In worse cases my robot will go onto the road and because as my robot is so tall the driver will automatically stop. My robot can go run and walk, however in the worst case scenario the robot will run.

My plan

First I decided I wanted it to help people cross the road so I realised my robot had to be the size of an average human. Then I thought about who would my robot help. Then I said it would help anyone.

Isabella and Alana (Year 5) are twins, so worked together on their project but both wrote their own articles justifying their reasoning for this design. Here is their robot drawing and their reasoning:

Our Robot is a solor powered water filter that changes dirty water to clean water!

Alana’s article - Clean Water

(In 2017) 71% of the global population (5.3 billion people) used a safely managed drinking-water service – that is, one located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination.90% of the global population (6.8 billion people) used at least a basic service. A basic service is an improved drinking-water source within a round trip of 30 minutes to collect water. 785 million people lack even a basic drinking-water service, including 144 million people who are dependent on surface water. Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces. Contaminated water can transmit diseases such diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio. Contaminated drinking water is estimated to cause 485 000 diarrhoeal deaths each year. By 2025, half of the world’s population will be living in water-stressed areas. In least developed countries, 22% of health care facilities have no water service, 21% no sanitation service, and 22% no waste management service. Safe and readily available water is important for public health, whether it is used for drinking, domestic use, food production or recreational purposes. Improved water supply and sanitation, and better management of water resources, can boost countries’ economic growth and can contribute greatly to poverty reduction. In 2010, the UN General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. Everyone has the right to sufficient, continuous, safe, acceptable, physically accessible, and affordable water for personal and domestic use.

Dirty water

If drinking water contains unsafe levels of contaminants, it can cause health effects, such as gastrointestinal illnesses, nervous system or reproductive effects, and chronic diseases such as cancer. Health effects of water pollution (Dirty water can make you sick) Cancer (Some kinds of cancer, like leukemia, can happen after drinking bad water for a long period of time) Reproductive problems (Some kinds of reproductive problems, like infertility, can happen after drinking polluted water for a long period of time.) What is the cause of dirty water? The following things can make your water dirty and unsafe for drinking and/or swimming: Natural events. Floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, or landslides can cause dirt to get into our drinking water.

Isabella’s Article - Clean water

Approximately 2.1 billion people in the world are unable to access safe water sources within their home.In New York USA, 8.3 million People were exposed to water contaminants In their drinking water which included viruses and various kind of bacteria.Which is why we would not let anyone not have clean water.When you have clean water not only does it allow you to drink it allows you to shower and rinse at everything dirty off. clean water is essential not only to remain safe from disease but also to maintain good health. clean what is good for your health helps you live and stay alive.

Dirty water

Dirty water is not good for your health especially for young children. dirty water can cause terrible diseases and death. there are people all over the world dying because of bacteria and chemicals that are in dirty water. clean water is needed no one should drink dirty water. we all should try and increase clean water which will allow to be with family members. dirty water can lead to affect in your body ,lungs and tummy. the water that poor people get is filled with gems. over 5000 children dying every day because they drink dirty water we need to put things together clean unsafe water and stop dirty water. drinking dirty water has to stop make it.

Here is Nirja's Recyling Robot. Nirja is in Year 5. Nirja writes: My robot is called the Doraemon VII. The name Doraemon in Japan is a cat - like robot.It helps deliver food and essentials to those who are unable to get their own essentials from there local supermarket, or those in care homes.

Here is Alice's Robot Design. Alice writes: "Challenge 3 Robot Design.

My robot will work in hospitals and clean/disinfect the rooms so that Doctors and nurses will have less chance of getting Covid19. These robots can try and prevent the virus from spreading. They will have four arms so that they will be able to do more things at once and work efficiently. Their arms will be able to spray the walls and clean surfaces. They will be able to hover in the air and they can then clean things higher up. Antibacterial wipes will be handed out when it does the daily clean. Below is a picture of my robot."

Here is Hattie's Plastic Pick-up Robot with pictures of her draft 1 and 2 design process. Flick through the photo carousel to view the draft designs and the final result. Hattie (Year 5) has written "I have designed a ‘Plastic Pick-up’ arm for the competition. My arm travels around picking up plastic and other rubbish. "

This is Isabella's Robot (Isabella A Year 5). She has used recyling materials to make her robot. Isabella says: I used a cereal Box to create the base and then used two boxes. The taller one is a rocket that shoots out. The smaller one is used to program it.

This is Amelie's Robot - Mr Sani. Amelie is Year 6 and has had no experience of WER robotics.

Mr Sani has been designed to help protect the NHS staff, monitor patients and help prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Here is MIDNIGHT125 by Harriet Year 5.

She says "What is it for? Bringing and cooking food for the patients and NHS staff. Cost? £150.99

Here is Emilia's LitterBot entry. Emilia is in Year 5.

Here is Sienna's (Year 5) Deliver Bot robot, which will help deliver food safely to people who need it.

Copy of Sienna's Robot Design

Here is Haniah's Robot (Year 5).

Haniah writes:

This robot helps injured or sick creatures. it goes near the animal, scans it in case it has a microchip, and tries to detect the injury, it then contacts the health centre ( like the RSPCA) and some of the workers come and find the robot's location and helps the animal out. ( The robot tells the workers it's coordinates when contacting them) The name of the robot is called iCare and it is stationed in parks and woodlands. It moves on treads. it is loaded with advanced software and is armour clad in tough hardware to prevent it from breaking.

Here is Hannah B (Year5)'s ServiceBot. She writes: This is ServiceBot. He is a robot and he is technically a waiter. This robot has two racks to put plates on to carry food, but he can only carry up to eight plates at a time., and they have insulators and freezers at the bottom. They have these to either warm up food or cool down food, like ice cream will need to be kept cold. This robot can check to put the food in either the insulator or freezer by feeling the plate with its clippers, and instantly knows where to put it. This robot moves around on two wheels next to the motor at the bottom. The robot has a mainly hollow body. The robot has high tech cameras which he looks out of and easily identifies if a family has no food, and rushes over to take their order. When a family has finished their food, he puts their plates in a slot. At the top of his head, he has a charger, but he can only charge up late at night when he has finished being a waiter. This robot helps workers in restaurants so they don’t have so hectic schedules, he can mainly do it for them.

Here is Georgia (Year 5)'s Robot Design - Bob the Hospital Robot

Copy of Georgia’s robot design for robotics challenge 3 to design a robot

Here is Libby's entry for a Friendship Robot. Libby is in Year 3.

Libby Robot Labelled Design.pdf

LJ Robot Description.pdf

Here is Eleanor's entry for a Spy Robot. Eleanor S is in Year 6.

Here is Lucinda's entry for a Robot. Lucinda is in Year 6.

Here is Isabella's entry for a Robot. Isabella P is in Year 6.

Copy of Isabella's submition for Robot 99173

Here is Emily's entry for a Robot. Emily is in Year 6.

Here is Ridhima's entry for a Robot. Ridhima is in Year 6.

Here is Ruby's entry for a Robot. Ruby is in Year 6.

Here is Erin's entry. Erin is in Year 6. Erin has created Darwin, your personal shopping robot.

Here is Imogen F's (Year 5) Robby Robot

Copy of WER robotics Imogen

Challenge 4 - Programming

Here is Haniah's (Year 5) program for getting the robot to position 4 and back.

Isabella S (Year 5) has written a program to get the robot to point 4 on the mat:

Isabella Copy of Challenge 4 - Programming Did up to 4

Reilly (Year 5) managed to download the software and had a go at writing a program for the robot. Not easy when you have not got the robot to test it on! Well done!

Reilly's Programming Challenge

Here is Martha (Year 5)'s answer to the programming challenge.

Here is Libby (Year 3)'s answer to Challenge 4 programming.

Abby in Year 5 decided she would write a maze program on Scratch. Although this isn't really a solution for Challenge 4 - well done for having a go at coding Abby!

Here is her project

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