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Using Video to Assess Robotics Students

  • 21 November 20182 April 2019
  • Cross-Platform
  • Big Ideas
  • Featured
  • 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
  • Featured
  • 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 201820 December 2018
  • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
  • 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
  • News

Harvey Mk II: Improved Quick EV3 Robot Build

  • 27 September 20182 April 2019
  • 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 20182 April 2019
  • 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 20182 April 2019
  • BOOST, Cross-Platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
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

Ramp Climber

  • 23 August 20182 April 2019
  • BOOST, Cross-Platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Featured
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
  • Featured

Meet the Creator: Akiyuki Kawaguchi

  • 29 May 201820 December 2018
  • Big Ideas
Posted by Asha
Akiyuki Kawaguchi is a twenty-seven year old engineer from Japan. He is well-known for his clever Great Ball Contraption (GBC) modules and sorting machines. He uses mostly LEGO Technic and MINDSTORMS in his creations. He […]

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Meet the Creator: Akiyuki Kawaguchi

  • Big Ideas

Meet the Creator: Paweł “Sariel” Kmieć

  • 25 April 201825 April 2018
  • Big Ideas
Posted by Asha
Paweł “Sariel” Kmieć lives in Warsaw, Poland. He has designed over 200 LEGO model vehicles including cars, trucks, trains, and ships. His models have been featured on Top Gear, Jalopnik, and Engaget websites, among many […]

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Meet the Creator: Paweł “Sariel” Kmieć

  • Big Ideas

Hurricane Disaster Recovery

  • 19 April 201823 April 2018
  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
Posted by Lana Pereira
I teach a robotics class at a middle school in Central Florida near Orlando. My classes are mostly 6th grade with a few 7th graders, and I have between 30 and 32 students per class. In […]

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Hurricane Disaster Recovery

  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas

Reflections on Vassilis Chryssanthakopoulos

  • 27 March 201827 March 2018
  • Big Ideas
  • Reflections
Posted by Asha
Vassilis Chryssanthakopoulos was an internationally acclaimed LEGO robotics designer and a MINDSTORMS Community Partner (MCP). He realized his dream of creating an innovative educational concept  though the creation of blast in 2015. In 2017, he extended […]

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Reflections on Vassilis Chryssanthakopoulos

  • Big Ideas
  • Reflections

DIY Walkers: Klann’s Mechanical Spider

  • 26 March 201826 March 2019
  • Cross-Platform
  • Challenge Ideas
  • Inspiration
  • Reflections
Posted 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
  • Inspiration
  • Reflections

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