A complete, ready-to-use classroom resource for grades 4–8, built around Linda Soules' So You Want To Be A Robot Builder. Inside: 26 scaffolded discussion questions organized by chapter, a 20-word kid-friendly glossary, six hands-on activities (including the "Toaster Test," a cardboard-gripper prototype build, and "Pseudocode the Sandwich" — no expensive kits or lab required), seven extension projects, nine writing prompts, full cross-curricular connections (math, science, social studies, ELA, visual arts, and computer science), and standards alignment with NGSS engineering design, the K–12 CS Framework, Common Core, and Health/SEL. Designed to flex from a single-week career-exploration unit to a longer STEM or computer-science integration — or to be pulled apart and used in pieces across the year. Like the book itself, the guide trusts students with the real texture of the work: that a robot does what you told it, not what you meant; that the robot is always right, so the error is yours; that the most advanced machines on Earth are still outdone by a housefly; and that every robot is a set of decisions embedded in metal and code — carrying the values of the people who built it. Includes a thoughtful teacher's note on handling the ethics of automation and job displacement, for students whose own families may work in industries being changed by the very machines the book celebrates.