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Insights from the Robodogs Robotics Summer Camp

  • 19 October 2017
  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections
Posted 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

Why doesn’t my robot drive straight?

  • 21 September 20173 May 2018
  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • How to
  • Pedagogy
Posted by Rob Torok
It seems reasonable to expect that when you program a robot to drive straight, it should just work. And, of course, this is what the Move Steering block in the EV3 Software is designed to do. The Move Steering block makes use of […]

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Why doesn’t my robot drive straight?

  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • How to
  • Pedagogy

Meet Pi

  • 20 March 201725 May 2017
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
Posted 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

  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy

A Week in the Life #12: Dr. E’s Challenges – Robot Monsters!

  • 9 February 201723 February 2017
  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections
Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
I teach an introductory course using the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set. My students are 7th graders who are required to take the course and may not necessarily have any background in programming/building. My school is […]

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A Week in the Life #12: Dr. E’s Challenges – Robot Monsters!

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

Getting started with STEM and EV3

  • 7 February 201711 May 2017
  • EV3
  • Getting started
  • Pedagogy
Posted by Kasia Nogalska
“I hear and I forget. I see and remember. I do and I understand.” This well-known quote describes the most effective method of teaching students. If you let children play football or basketball, they discover […]

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Getting started with STEM and EV3

  • EV3
  • Getting started
  • Pedagogy

The importance of recording your work

  • 31 August 201631 August 2016
  • Getting started
  • Pedagogy
Posted by Asha
LEGO offers an amazing opportunity for students to build both easily and quickly. You don’t have to get specialized pieces and tools to make a robot or an engineering model. Students love being able to […]

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The importance of recording your work

  • Getting started
  • Pedagogy

A Week in the Life #10: Candy Sorter

  • 27 June 201630 March 2017
  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections
Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
I teach an introductory course using the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set. My students are 7th graders who are required to take the course and may not necessarily have any background in programming/building. My school is […]

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A Week in the Life #10: Candy Sorter

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

Assessing student work in robotics and engineering

  • 10 December 20151 April 2016
  • Cross-platform
  • Getting started
  • Pedagogy
Posted by Rob Torok
In this video, Professor Ethan Danahy from Tufts University provides insights to his philosophies of assessment within his first-year intro-to-engineering course on robotics (using LEGO MINDSTORMS and LabVIEW Graphical Programming) and the techniques he uses […]

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Assessing student work in robotics and engineering

  • Cross-platform
  • Getting started
  • Pedagogy

A Week in the Life #9: Walk This Way…

  • 23 November 201514 December 2017
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections
Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
I teach an introductory course using the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set. My students are 7th graders who are required to take the course and may not necessarily have any background in programming/building. My school is […]

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A Week in the Life #9: Walk This Way…

  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

A Week in the Life #8: Moving With Linkages

  • 9 November 201521 September 2016
  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections
Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
I teach an introductory course using the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set. My students are 7th graders who are required to take the course and may not necessarily have any background in programming/building. My school is […]

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A Week in the Life #8: Moving With Linkages

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

A Week in the Life #7: Sensor Fun

  • 26 October 201510 February 2016
  • EV3
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections
Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
This is the eighth of probably fourteen in a series of posts, each chronicling in detail the ins and outs of my Robotics class. I teach an introductory course using the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set. […]

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A Week in the Life #7: Sensor Fun

  • EV3
  • Pedagogy
  • Reflections

Design, build, and program recycling solutions

  • 17 October 201524 June 2016
  • Cross-platform, NXT
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy
Posted by Kellie Taylor
5th grade robotics project Equipment/Materials: 8 laptops 24 Mindstorms kits Internet access Purpose: To design, build, and program a working model for a real world recycling problem. In addition, students were required to demonstrate their […]

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Design, build, and program recycling solutions

  • Cross-platform, NXT
  • Challenge ideas
  • Pedagogy

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