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DIY Walkers: Klann’s Mechanical Spider

26 Mar 201828 Mar 2018
    • Cross-platform
    • Challenge ideas
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 0Posted by Ben Vagle
This creation is a LEGO-based version of Klann’s Mechanical Spider, which makes use of one of the best known walking mechanisms, the Klann linkage. The Klann linkage was designed by mechanical engineer Joe Klann and […]

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DIY Walkers: Klann’s Mechanical Spider

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

EV3 Sensors

22 Mar 201827 Mar 2018
    • EV3
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reference
 0Posted by John Burfoot
Sensors provide robots with information about their environment. With the sensors that come with the EV3, you can make a robot respond to being touched, react when someone or something comes too close, follow a line, […]

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EV3 Sensors

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reference

New Dr E’s MINDSTORMS and WeDo Challenges

13 Feb 2018
    • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
    • Challenge ideas
    • News and Events
 0Posted by Barbara Bratzel
Dr. E’s WeDo Challenges and Dr. E’s MINDSTORMS Challenges have launched new cycles of challenges, one each month from February through May. Created by Professor Ethan Danahy of Tufts University, these sites encourage students from around the world to find creative solutions […]

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New Dr E’s MINDSTORMS and WeDo Challenges

  • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • News and Events

Using PocketLab with Simple & Powered Machines

16 Nov 201722 Dec 2017
    • Machines & Mechanisms
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
 0Posted by Susan Bitetti
What happens when you pair LEGO Education’s Simple & Powered Machines set with a pocket-sized all-in-one set of sensors? This summer, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach hosted a group of science and technology […]

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Using PocketLab with Simple & Powered Machines

  • Machines & Mechanisms
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

Insights from the Robodogs Robotics Summer Camp

19 Oct 2017
    • Cross-platform, EV3
    • Challenge ideas
    • Pedagogy
    • Reflections
 1Posted by Aaron Maurer
How do you design a robotics camp that pushes the envelope for repeat customers while also keeping the learning entry low enough for new students to feel success? How do you come up with new […]

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Insights from the Robodogs Robotics Summer Camp

  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

Hexapod TrotBot: A classroom-friendly DIY walker

19 Oct 201719 Oct 2017
    • Cross-platform
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
 0Posted by Ben Vagle
I recently had an internship at the University of Denver’s Innovation Floor, where I wrote curriculum on walking machines geared toward a middle school audience. I’m going to pilot this curriculum by teaching a class […]

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Hexapod TrotBot: A classroom-friendly DIY walker

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

New cycle of Dr. E’s WeDo and MINDSTORMS challenges

23 Sep 201723 Sep 2017
    • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
    • Challenge ideas
    • News
 0Posted by Barbara Bratzel
A new season of Dr. E’s Challenges starts on October 1st. This season’s first challenge, Tool for School, is the same for both the WeDo and MINDSTORMS sites. Tool for School: Make a tool to aid you at school—a […]

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New cycle of Dr. E’s WeDo and MINDSTORMS challenges

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

Light and Dark Scavenger Hunt

6 Jul 201727 Jul 2017
    • EV3
    • Challenge ideas
 0Posted by Rob Torok
This challenge provides a basic introduction to datalogging with EV3. Datalogging enables you to collect data from one or more sensors connected to the EV3 brick over a period of time. It is possible to […]

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Light and Dark Scavenger Hunt

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas

Make Way for Ducklings

23 Jun 20177 Sep 2017
    • EV3
    • Challenge ideas
 1Posted by Rob Torok
The classic children’s book Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey provided inspiration for a workshop at the LEGO Learning Symposium 2016. Led by the EDGErs, the workshop was intended to provide participants with an opportunity to explore some intermediate […]

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Make Way for Ducklings

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas

EV3 TrotBot Version 2: Inspired by a Galloping Horse

4 May 201718 May 2017
    • Cross-platform
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
 1Posted by Ben Vagle
In the same way that it is more tiring to do lunges than it is to simply walk, robots with bumpy gaits require more power than robots with smooth gaits. This may not be a […]

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EV3 TrotBot Version 2: Inspired by a Galloping Horse

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  • Challenge ideas
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Robotics challenges: Workshop handouts

23 Mar 201717 Aug 2017
    • EV3
    • Challenge ideas
 0Posted by Rob Torok
Here are some of the challenges that I give to my robotics students that I’ve also given to teachers at various workshops. Most of these are based on classic robotics challenges. Some have previously been documented on […]

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Robotics challenges: Workshop handouts

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas

Meet Pi

20 Mar 201725 May 2017
    • Challenge ideas
    • Pedagogy
 3Posted by Kasia Nogalska
Some mathematical constants are difficult to explain, especially for young students. I believe that science is not only formulas and theory but also experiments. The best way to explain it to children is showing effects […]

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Meet Pi

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