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Hour of code with robotics

  • 2 December 2018
  • Cross-platform, EV3, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • News and Events
Posted by Wayne Burnett
The Hour of Code is a global initiative to introduce young people (and those young at heart) to computer science. The Hour of Code takes place during Computer Science Education Week, which is held annually […]

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Hour of code with robotics

  • Cross-platform, EV3, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • News and Events

Privacy Policy

  • 30 November 201830 November 2018
Posted by Rob Torok
Who we are Our website address is: http://www.legoengineering.com. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, […]

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Privacy Policy

You are invited to revive a challenge

  • 29 November 20184 December 2018
  • Cross-platform
  • News and Events
Posted by Rob Torok
You are hopefully aware that this site is full of great ideas for design challenges to give your students. Some of these challenges, however, are starting to look a little dated and many of the earlier […]

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You are invited to revive a challenge

  • Cross-platform
  • News and Events

LEGO for the blind: Touching the untouchable

  • 29 November 201830 November 2018
  • Big ideas
  • Reflections
Posted by Guest Contributor
By guest contributor, Matthew Shifrin, a blind LEGO builder. It was the morning of my thirteenth birthday, and I was filled with the usual birthday excitement. I was most eager to see my friend Lilya. […]

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LEGO for the blind: Touching the untouchable

  • Big ideas
  • Reflections

Alternative programming languages for LEGO MINDSTORMS

  • 29 November 201829 November 2018
  • EV3, NXT, RCX
  • Reference
Posted by Wayne Burnett
For anyone getting started with LEGO MINDSTORMS, the EV3 Software provides a great introduction to programming, but sooner or later you and your students might be ready for something different. For example, one option is […]

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Alternative programming languages for LEGO MINDSTORMS

  • EV3, NXT, RCX
  • Reference

Using video to assess robotics students

  • 21 November 201821 November 2018
  • Cross-platform
  • Big ideas
  • Pedagogy
Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
It’s okay to fail, you’re on camera! My school is in a 1:1 iPad district. Every student in our district from 2nd through 12th grade is given an iPad for use in school. As the […]

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Using video to assess robotics students

  • Cross-platform
  • Big ideas
  • Pedagogy

Cranes

  • 19 November 201821 November 2018
  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Challenge ideas
Posted by Katie
In this series of challenges, students will design and build motorized crane that uses a pulley and a string to lift and lower heavy objects. They can incorporate gears into the design to provide enough […]

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Cranes

  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Challenge ideas

New Dr. E’s Challenges

  • 27 September 201827 September 2018
  • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • Featured
  • News
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
It’s time for a new cycle of Dr. E’s Challenges. The October challenge, Sports Player, is a joint challenge of both Dr.E’s WeDo Challenges and Dr. E’s MINDSTORMS Challenges. Sports Player: Goal! Touchdown! Home Run! Build a […]

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New Dr. E’s Challenges

  • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • Featured
  • News

Harvey Mk II: Improved quick EV3 robot build

  • 27 September 201827 September 2018
  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • How to
Posted by John Burfoot
Harvey Mk II is an improved version of the ever-popular Harvester quick EV3 robot build that was published in 2013. This version features improved stability and has more LEGO connection holes for external attachments. Building instructions: […]

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Harvey Mk II: Improved quick EV3 robot build

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • How to

Rapidly Prototyping Strider Ver 3 to be Smoother, Stronger, Faster

  • 30 August 201827 September 2018
  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections
Posted by Wade
This summer we used our Strider optimizer coupled with rapid prototyping in LEGO to refine its 10-bar linkage. In a tiny fraction of the time it took us to refine TrotBot’s linkage in our garage, we […]

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Rapidly Prototyping Strider Ver 3 to be Smoother, Stronger, Faster

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

Snail car

  • 23 August 201827 September 2018
  • BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • Featured
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
Challenge Use gears to make a motorized car that moves as slowly as possible. Here are the rules: Your snail must include a power source such as an EV3 brick or WeDo hub, one or […]

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Snail car

  • BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • Featured

Ramp climber

  • 23 August 201823 August 2018
  • BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
The challenge Design and build a car that can climb as steep a ramp as possible. Engineers repeatedly test their creations and use the results to make improvements to their designs. As you test your […]

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Ramp climber

  • BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas

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