Dean Kamen created FIRST Robotics [0] as a partial solution to this problem. Physical demonstrations are often more relatable to young kids. A FIRST Robotics C

Dean Kamen created FIRST Robotics [0] as a partial solution to this problem. Physical demonstrations are often more relatable to young kids. A FIRST Robotics Competition team in my area does an activity where they bring in various supplies like cardboard, tape, and motors into a classroom, and over the period of an hour or so, students get to design and build small robots that play "sumo" and try to push other robots out of a small tape square on the floor. [1] It's a great demo and has the bonus of providing working cardboard robots you can take to other demonstrations in the future (especially if you're short on time.) Maybe you can take some inspiration! [0]: https://www.firstinspires.org https://www.firstinspires.org [1]: http://roboxsumo.com/ http://roboxsumo.com/