That Day An Elephant Trunk Taught Robotics 那一天，象鼻啟發了機器人科學

At Shanghai American School, our students delve into the world of robotics while they’re still in elementary school. Their learning is supported by a well-equipped lab, knowledgeable faculty, and occasionally, elephants.

在上海美國學校，我們的學生還在上小學時就開始深入研究機器人科學了。裝備精良的實驗室，知識淵博的教師，為孩子們的學習提供了很多支持，偶爾還有大象來啟發他們的思考。

Perhaps we should explain.

讓我們來解釋一下。

Recently, the three classes of grade 4 students on our Pudong campus found themselves in our DREAMS Lab familiarizing themselves with some of the platforms they work with. Platforms likeWeDos, Little Bits,MicroBits… you know, the usual. But as the students began development, their problem-solving wasn’t simply informed by the technology that surrounded them. It was informed by what they’ve been learning by studying plant and animal structures and biomimicry.

最近，浦東校區四年級的三個班的學生來到DREAMS實驗室，開始熟悉他們所要使用的某些平臺，例如WeDos、Little Bits、MicroBits……這些都是他們日常所要接觸的東西。隨著學生們開始自己的研究，他們解決問題的靈感來源不再局限于他們身邊的技術。在針對動植物結構和仿生學的研究中，他們也收獲了很多。

Students quickly made the connection that how a robot reacts to situations has a lot in common with, say, how a shark senses danger, how a jellyfish creates bioluminescence, and how an elephant comes to understand its surroundings through its trunk.

學生們很快就發現，機器人對各種情況做出的反應與動物有許多共同點，例如：鯊魚如何感知危險、水母自身如何產生光亮、大象如何通過象鼻認識周遭環境。

The lesson was born from a collaboration between our tech coach and STEM coach, which helped make these interdisciplinary connections so engaging, students will remember it even if they don’t have the memory of, you know, an elephant.

這門課程是由我們的技術教練和STEM教練開創的。他們的合作令這種跨學科聯系變得引人入勝，讓孩子們終生難忘，哪怕他們沒有大象那么持久的記憶力。

CONNECTIONS. EVERY DAY AT SAS.

聯系。就在上海美國學校的每一天。

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Founded in 1912, Shanghai American School (SAS) is the largest and most established international school in China. In short, it's the kind of school you wish you would've attended when you were a kid.

創建于1912年，上海美國學校是中國最大的也是歷史最悠久的國際學校。簡而言之，如果你能回到小的時候，這會是一所你想要去的學校。

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