Imagineering Adventure - Advanced Navigation
World #3:
Habitat Helpers 🚩
UN Sustainable Goal #14: Life Below Water
An underwater adventure awaits…
🌏World #3… Habitat Helpers!🌏
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🌏Did you know?
Only 25% of the ocean floor has been explored by humans.
To protect our ocean against climate change, we need to constantly gain new knowledge about it.
This is when we can turn to innovative, creative technologies to help us delve into the underwater world. One example is underwater robots.
Underwater robots can help us learn more about the ocean. They can identify coral reefs and fish species, monitor the ocean’s temperature, take underwater photography, and do many other exciting things.
🌏For example, Advanced Navigation’s underwater robot ‘Hydrus’ recently discovered a shipwreck that is over 100 years old!
🌏For example, Advanced Navigation’s underwater robot ‘Hydrus’ recently discovered a shipwreck that is over 100 years old!
>>>>>Challenge#3: Build Your Own Underwater Robot 🌏🚩
This challenge is for you to create an underwater robot that helps achieve a specific task or goal.
Before starting, it’s important to learn what an underwater robot needs to work:
The main body- The main body of the robot that holds everything together and is usually in a shape that can easily move through water
Cameras - Allow the robot to capture photos, videos and visual data to help us learn about the ocean. Think of these as the eyes of the robot. The more cameras or ‘eyes’ it has, the more it can see.
Lights - Lights allow the robot to ‘see’ where it is going. This is important because the underwater environment can be very murky and dark.
Sensors - These are tools that allow the robot to perform special tasks for example,
A navigation sensor can tell a robot which direction to go
A depth sensor can measure how deep the robot
An acoustic sensor helps the robot communicate to the team on the surface or to other robots
Thrusters or propellers - Used to help the robot move and steer underwater, usually located at the back or sides. Very similar to how we use our arms and legs to swim.
Arms and manipulators: These allow the robot to pick things up or fix something that may be broken underwater
Batteries: These power the robot so it can stay charged underwater, similar to how we power our smartphones and laptops.
Together with an adult, search for underwater robots. Explore to see what they look like? Can you spot any more features they come with?
Together with an adult, search for underwater robots. Explore to see what they look like? Can you spot any more features they come with?
🌏Set a task for your robot
To get started, ask yourself: If I’m building an underwater robot, what do I want it to be able to do? Some examples can be:
Marine life exploration: Observing and studying different types of fish, coral reefs, and other marine creatures
Underwater photography: Taking pictures and videos of the underwater world
Pollution Cleanup: Collecting trash and debris from the ocean to help keep the environment clean
Scientific research: Collecting samples of water, plants, and DNA from marine animals for scientific studies
Rescue missions: Helping to locate and assist in rescue operations for sunken vessels or lost divers
Building and repairing structures: Working on underwater structures like telephone cables to help keep our internet online or underwater pipelines that provide fuel for our cars
Mapping the ocean floor: Creating detailed maps of the seafloor to help us understand what’s down there
Exploring Shipwrecks: Investigating old shipwrecks to learn about history and archaeology
🌏Visualise your robot
Now you have a specific robot in mind, it’s time to think about what it looks like.
Below are some questions to help you create your robot. We encourage you to add more questions that are specific to your own design.
What do you want your robot to look like, can you take inspiration from marine animals?
How big or heavy is it?
Depending on its size and weight, how do you plan to put it into the water?
Does the robot need a cable to be plugged in or is it wireless when it's underwater? (This is similar to using wired or wireless earphones)
How will the robot swim around the ocean? Do you need to control it using a console (similar to a game controller), or can it navigate by itself?
If the robot sees something underwater that’s interesting, how does it interact with it?
What type of material is the robot made of and is it waterproof?
🌏Find the right material for your robot
Together with a teacher or adult, find material to build your underwater robot. We’ve listed some items below for inspiration. Remember these are just examples, use your imagination and be creative!
● Main body: large water bottle, lunch box, shoe box, tissue box, aluminium foil
● Camera: buttons, bottle caps, markers or paint
● Lights: small torches, aluminium foil, anything shiny, tissue paper
● Sensors: ear plugs, bottle caps, buttons, beads, shells
● Thrusters / propellers: craft paper, small plastic cup, old CDs
● Arms and manipulators: straws, wire hangers, paper clips,
● Batteries: anything shiny, cardboard, beads
● Finally, tape and glue to hold everything together
🌏Start building! 🚩
It’s now time to get your hands dirty and start building your robot. When you’re done, give it a name!
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Avoid using any electronic components in your robot. If you want to use a torch as the light, make sure to keep the robot away from water.
Share your imagineered work with us💚🌏
Have an adult or teacher take a photo of your masterpiece 💙🌈 and be in the draw to win some awesome prizes!! 🎉🎉
🌏We hope you loved this challenge from our collaboration with Advanced Navigation!👏👏👏
>>>>>Passport Challenge Stamp #3 🌏
Have you finished this challenge to Adventure World #3🌏🚩
● Now photograph or video your underwater robot!
● Make sure to get permission before you share anything.
● If so, save your work and share with us at hello@gdostem.com.au
● Remember to put Challenge#3 in the subject of your email 😊
>>>>> Passport Poll
Stamp #3🗳️
Polling…Have your voice heard 🗳️
Earn yourself a Poll Stamp #3 🗳️🚩 👏👏👏👏
>>>>>Passport Metaverse
Survey Stamp #3 📋
Hello adventurers, did you enjoy your journey into the Advanced Navigation Metaverse. So cool 😎 Earn your next stamp by answering their questions…
Done 🎉🪩💃 You just landed yourself a survey #3 passport stamp for this World Adventure📋🚩
>>>>>Passport Burning Question Stamp❤️🔥
Now that you have shared with us all the 4 activities of the World Adventure #3 Habitat Helpers [Challenge#3🌏, Poll#3🗳️ , Survey#3 📋 and Burning Question#3 ❤️] you are now in the Advanced Navigation prize draw for your chance to WIN an awesome prize: there are 3 x Sphero BOLTs and 6 x Sphero Minis to be won🥳Maybe your work will be displayed on our socials ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Earn yourself a passport stamp by asking the experts at Advanced Navigation your Burning Question #3 ❤️🔥
From all you have discovered with this challenge, what made you interested or piqued your curiosity?
Send in your Burning Question ❤️🔥 to hello@gdostem.com.au to get your passport stamp 🚩👏👏👏
Remember to put Burning Question#3 in the subject of your email 😊
Grand Prize:
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Complete visiting all 7 worlds of the Imagineering Adventure to be in the Grand Prize DRAW for an iPad 10, 64 GB with Wi-Fi from our friends at Telstra! Remember to collect all 4 Passport activity stamps for each world!
You got this girl…🌺🌊🌈🌺
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