Materials
- Old or broken technical device and/or a broken robot.
- Pictures of human organs (or buy real organs from animals in the supermarket)
- A poster with a full-size human body.
Implementation
Using whatever tools are needed, take apart the broken device or robot. Depending on the children’s age or skills, they can assist you in the process.A ll the different parts are lined up on the floor or the table, e.g. the battery, wires, wheels, chips etc. Discuss what you see inside the robot/technical device. Now put the poster of the human body on the floor/table and have a group discussion about human organs. Ask the children if they know where the heart, brain, veins etc. are located. Now compare the parts of the robot with the human organs and body parts.
Discuss with the children about which part is probably the brain of the robot (the chip), the heart of the robot (battery), the legs of the robot (the wheels), the veins of the robot (the wires), etc.
Variation
If you would like to use a more digital approach to looking at the human body, you can find t-shirts that you can scan with your tablet, and it shows what you look like inside. One version of this t-shirt is called “Magic T-shirt.”
Reflection
- Do you think a robot looks like a human inside?
- Do you think a robot actually has feelings?
- Do you know that a robot has feelings?
The project "I'm not a Robot: working with artificial intelligence in early childhood education" is co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. The European Commission´s support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflect views only of the authors. The commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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