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Science Focus Education Pack: Robots

Download the fourth part of the Science Focus Education Pack here to learn all about robots and artificial intelligence.

Published: May 13, 2020 at 12:46 pm

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The Science Focus Education Pack is a new series of worksheets aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students. Part 4 covers robots and AI, with a quiz, a set of questions based on a feature, and a project idea.

The quiz questions are on the worksheet, but if you prefer, you can also do it here:

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