"Smart learning and teamwork happen when you keep trying, follow helpful rules, and treat mistakes as information that helps you improve."
Ask the class before watching:
"When you’re trying something challenging—like a sport, a game, or building a tower—what helps you keep going and make a better plan if your first try doesn’t work?"
Perseverance means you keep trying even when something is hard.
Her perseverance showed when she kept practicing her tennis serve until it finally landed in the right spot.
A routine is a set of steps you do in the same order to help you stay focused or ready.
Before the next point, he used a routine of deep breaths and bouncing the ball to calm his brain.
A swarm is a large group moving together, like many insects, birds, or robots.
The robot swarm spread out across the gym floor to search every corner quickly, like sprinkles covering a cupcake.
An experiment is a test you do to find out what happens and learn from the results.
In the museum, we did an experiment by changing the ramp height to see how it made the ball roll faster or slower.
Have students answer these questions after watching the episode.