Grades 6+ Robotics Fulfillment Center Tour

Students gain exposure to the careers of the future to learn how Amazon’s fulfillment system works and meet the real-life engineers who bring the technology to life.

On the Secondary (Grades 6+) Robotics Fulfillment Center Tour, students will learn what happens behind the scenes from when a customer clicks “order” to the order being delivered. Students learn how hardware, software, and people work together to pick, pack, quality control, and ship orders around the globe. At the end of the tour, students meet a hardware engineer, software development engineer, and systems/solutions engineer.

Students explore the following careers: hardware engineer, software development engineer, systems/solutions engineer.

The 45 minute, interactive tour is aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards. The Teacher Toolkit includes a facilitation guide, worksheets, and other resources to support learning during the tour. Recommended for grades 6+.

The Secondary FC Tour is aligned to the following CSTA standards.

• 1B-AP-08: Compare and refine multiple algorithms for the same task and determine which is the most appropriate
• 1B-AP-09: Create programs that use variables to store and modify data.
• 1B-AP-11: Decompose (break down) problems into smaller, manageable subproblems to facilitate the program development process.
• 1B-CS-01: Describe how internal and external parts of computing devices function to form a system
• 1B-NI-04: Model how information is broken down into smaller pieces, transmitted as packets through multiple devices over networks and the Internet, and reassembled at the destination.
• 1B-NI-05: Discuss real-world cybersecurity problems and how personal information can be protected.
• 1B-IC-18: Discuss computing technologies that have changed the world, and express how those technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices.
• 2-AP-10: Use flowcharts and/or pseudocode to address complex problems as algorithms.
• 2-CS-02: Design projects that combine hardware and software components to collect and exchange data
• 2-NI-05: Explain how physical and digital security measures protect electronic information.
• 2-IC-20: Compare tradeoffs associated with computing technologies that affect people’s everyday activities and career options
• 3A-IC-24: Evaluate the ways computing impacts personal,
  ethical, social, economic, and cultural practices.
• 3A-IC-29: Explain the privacy concerns related to the collection and generation of data through automated processes that may not be evident to users.
• 3B-IC-25: Evaluate computational artifacts to maximize their beneficial effects and minimize harmful effects on society.
• 3B-IC-27: Predict how computational innovations that have revolutionized aspects of our culture might evolve.

The tour is aligned to the following Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices.

• MS-ETS1-1 Engineering Design: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
• MS-ETS1-2 Engineering Design: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
• HS-ETS1-1 Engineering Design: Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.
• HS-ETS1-2 Engineering Design: Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.
• HS-ETS1-3 Engineering Design: Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.

Kahoot!: The fun, game-like tour is available for FREE on Kahoot! to all interested classrooms and families. Students can play against each other while learning about Amazon’s fulfillment process. No account required.

The tour is available in both English and Spanish. The Spanish versions include options with or without English subtitles, and all student worksheets are also provided in Spanish. For the Spanish language tour, click this link.