A cardboard robot costume

Every lesson

1. 

   Lesson 1 · 0:53

   Plan with boxes

   Your turn: Line up your boxes, pick a body and a head, and draw your plan.

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   What the film says

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      Hi, I'm Tek. See these boxes? They're not boxes. They're a robot!

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      Today you build a real robot out of boxes. One that stands in your room.

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      Get your stuff. Boxes in a few sizes. Paper tubes. Tape, a glue stick, and paper.

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      Line up your boxes, from big to small. The big one is the body. A small one is the head.

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      Now draw your plan. A box for the body. A box for the head. Tubes for arms and legs.

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      Got a robot blueprint already? Build that one!

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      Your turn. Line up your boxes. Pick a body and a head. Draw your plan on paper. Then press Next.

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   Lesson 2 · 0:50

   Cut and stack

   Your turn: A grown-up cuts. You stack the head on top and tape every edge.

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   What the film says

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      Got your plan? Let's build the body!

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      Thick cardboard is hard to cut. So draw a pencil line where you want a cut.

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      Then ask a grown-up to cut along your line. You point, they cut.

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      Now stack! Put the head box on top of the body box. Right in the middle.

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      Tape every edge tight. Across the front. Across the back. Down both sides.

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      Now test it. Give it a little wiggle. Does the head wobble? Add more tape right there.

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      Your turn. Draw your cut lines, and ask a grown-up to cut. Stack the head on the body. Tape every edge tight. Then press Next.

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   Lesson 3 · 0:48

   Arms and legs that bend

   Your turn: Make two arms and two legs, fold each one, and tape them on tight.

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   What the film says

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      Robots need arms and legs. And the best ones bend!

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      Take a paper tube. Squeeze it flat in the middle and fold it. See? Now it bends.

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      That fold is a joint. Your elbow is a joint. Your knee is a joint. Robots have joints too!

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      Want a joint that swings? Ask a grown-up to poke a hole in two strips. Push a paper fastener through. Open its legs flat!

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      Tape an arm on each side of the body. Tape the legs underneath, so your robot can stand.

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      Your turn. Make two arms and two legs. Fold each one so it bends. Tape them on tight. Then press Next.

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   Lesson 4 · 0:54

   Bring it to life

   Your turn: Add a face and buttons, give it a name, and put on a show.

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   What the film says

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      Last step. Let's bring your robot to life!

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      Draw two big eyes and a smile on paper. Cut them out, and glue them on the head.

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      Now draw three buttons. Decide what each one does. This one waves. This one beeps. And this one? Don't press it!

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      Every robot needs a name. Mine is made of boxes, so its name is Boxy!

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      Now make it move. Tape a string to its hand. Pull the string, and Boxy waves hello!

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      Put on a show for your family. Press a button and do the robot voice. Beep, boop!

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      Your turn. Add a face and buttons. Give your robot a name. Then put on a show. You made a robot!