The Wild Robot: Adaptation, AI, and Ecosystems

Melissa Cadotte

Grade: 4

Subject: ELA; Science; Computer Science

About this module

An interdisciplinary fourth-grade unit built around Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot. Students cite evidence about Roz’s decisions, study adaptation and ecosystems, and think about artificial intelligence and what it means to belong. It connects to Indiana’s 2023 standards in ELA, science, and computer science.

Computing RET @ Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame · Research Experience for Teachers in Computing

Supported by the National Science Foundation · Award 2302070

Computing RET @ Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame · Research Experience for Teachers in Computing

Supported by the National Science Foundation · Award 2302070