COURSE DESCRIPTION

Using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® technology, in this course students learn how to build different robots and program them to move. Students work with motors and sensors, and explore how light, touch, sound, ultrasonic, color and accelerometer sensors can enhance our robots. Students model real-life mechanisms and use creativity, logic and problem-solving skills. Inventing their own robots, students will find out how exciting it can be to bring the digital world of computers into our physical world.

Key Topics: Block Programming • Sensors • Simple Machines • Problem-Solving

Developed by Nate Piper and

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

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Navigating the Line

Students explore various sensors and mechanical topics, such as simple machines, gears, levers and rotational and linear motion. They apply their knowledge to program a robot to follow a line using light sensors.

Mountain Climber Bot

Students design and test robots designed to traverse a steep incline. They are challenged to build a strong gear system to power the robots up a hill.

Sumo Bots

In the culminating activity for the course, students build and program robots to be “sumobots.” The final activity is a sumo challenge where the goal is for one robot to push another out of a 24″ ring.

COURSE EVALUATION

90% Students Liked or Loved this Course

90% of Students Liked or Loved this Course

93% of Girls Liked or Loved this Course

92% of Teachers Agree that Students Showed Persistence with Difficult Tasks

““I’m happy I came because I make new friends and I got to make fun things I never thought I could do before.”
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— 6th Grade Student

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