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Rating: 5
BeatBox by
Mark Gullickson (and his 6th grade students!)
Simple Simon is no match for this NXT robot! The BeatBox allows students to push touch sensors in random order to create tunes. Each BeatBox can be programmed to play a variety of notes.
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Today we are fortunate enough to have a standardized system of measurement, but it wasn't always that way. Many early cultures used body parts to figure distances! Could this have caused any problems? Students will use the Simple and Motorized Mechanisms Base Set to build a trundle wheel and . . .
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Students build a simple graph to represent big and little objects.
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Can you imagine visiting outer space as easily as you visit another state? What if you could send postcards home from a visit to Pluto? Imagine you are planning a trip to outer space. Build a spacecraft of LEGO bricks and program it to travel to various places in the solar system.
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How do you tell performers you liked a show? With applause! Could you tell if an audience liked one performer better than another based on how loud the applause is? Invent an RCX applause meter to measure an audience’s reaction to a performance of some kind. Be sure to include a moving part that . . .
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What would you do without electricity? What other sources of energy could be used in place of an electrical current? In this activity you are asked to help the manager of the local grocery store keep his check-out lanes open… without the use of electricity! Not only must you design and . . .
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Students build LEGO vehicles and sleds that are strong enough to drag a given amount of weight up an incline, thus mimicking the Egyptian methods of pyramid construction. This project incorporates engineering concepts into the standard fourth grade geography unit on Ancient Egypt.
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Programming exercises and design challenges for use with Inventor 2 in ROBOLAB.
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Rating: 4
Light Control by
Adapted from Amusement Park Activity Pack
Can a light sensor control a motor? Explore how the RCX can use a light sensor in a program.
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Students are given a copy of the inventory list with prices allotted for each brick. The students are asked to build a bridge that will be tested for stability. While building, the students are to keep a running total of the amount they have spent constructing the bridge. The bridges are tested . . .
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