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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

EV3 Sensors

  • 22 March 201827 March 2018
  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reference
Posted 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

WeDo sensors

  • 21 March 201822 March 2018
  • WeDo
  • Reference
Posted by Wayne Burnett
Both versions of the WeDo kit (2.0 and 1.0) come with two sensors. These sensors give students the opportunity to experience how robots sense the world around them. Motion sensor The WeDo 2.0 motion sensor (part […]

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WeDo sensors

  • WeDo
  • Reference

Online training courses

  • 31 October 201731 October 2017
  • EV3, NXT, RCX
  • Reference
Posted by Wayne Burnett
There is a range of training courses and related support materials available for teacher’s online. The websites below differ in length, focus and cost, but all provide teachers (and sometimes students) resources and skills to […]

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Online training courses

  • EV3, NXT, RCX
  • Reference

EV3 books

  • 4 July 201722 November 2018
  • EV3
  • Reference
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
MINDSTORMS EV3 books written for educators Bratzel, Barbara. STEM by Design: Teaching with LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Dwivedi, Sanjeev, and Dwivedi, Rajeev. Your guide to Excel in First Lego League: Robot Architecture, Design, Programming and Game Strategies […]

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EV3 books

  • EV3
  • Reference

General LEGO Technic and robotics books

  • 4 July 201731 October 2017
  • Cross-platform
  • Reference
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
Robotics books Ceceri, Kathy and Sam Carbaugh. Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future with 20 Projects Chow-Miller, Ian. Integrated Robotics Chow-Miller, Ian. Math, Programming, and Controllers Chow-Miller, Ian. Sensors and the Environment Heffernan, John. […]

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General LEGO Technic and robotics books

  • Cross-platform
  • Reference

WeDo books

  • 4 July 201724 August 2017
  • WeDo
  • Reference
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
Books using WeDo 2.0 Isogawa, Yoshihito. WeDo Line Tracer: The Yoshihito’s Creation Book Isogawa, Yoshihito. WeDo Sine Wave Car: The Yoshihito’s Creation Book Isogawa, Yoshihito. WeDo Sphinx: The Yoshihito’s Creation Book Isogawa, Yoshihito. WeDo Wall Tracer: The Yoshihito’s […]

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WeDo books

  • WeDo
  • Reference

Robotics Competitions

  • 30 September 20151 July 2016
  • Cross-platform, NXT, RCX
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reference
Posted by Wayne Burnett
There are several ways to introduce LEGO robotics into your school or club. Dr. Amy Eguchi suggests three ways: thematic, project, and competition (see Alemisis, 2013 who references Eguchi). This post introduces some of the more […]

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Robotics Competitions

  • Cross-platform, NXT, RCX
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reference

Blogs and other websites

  • 17 December 201431 October 2017
  • EV3, NXT
  • Reference
Posted by Rob Torok
Here are some noteworthy blogs and other general websites (that didn’t fit into a neat category!). They range from a neat collection of building projects not directly related to a particular curriculum to a web […]

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Blogs and other websites

  • EV3, NXT
  • Reference

WeDo activities and building projects

  • 14 October 20141 July 2016
  • WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reference
Posted by Wayne Burnett
The WeDo kit comes with 12 activities that start with a motivating animation, followed by easy to follow building and programming directions. LEGO Education sells a set of four Extension activities and the WeDo 8+ […]

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WeDo activities and building projects

  • WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reference

WeDo curriculum resources

  • 13 October 20149 November 2017
  • WeDo
  • Reference
Posted by Wayne Burnett
The WeDo kit can be used to support learning across the range of subjects. The guides that come with the WeDo and WeDo 2.0 software provide ideas of how to achieve mathematics, science, technology, engineering […]

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WeDo curriculum resources

  • WeDo
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NXT books

  • 26 August 201431 October 2017
  • NXT
  • Reference
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
MINDSTORMS NXT books with an education focus Bracken, Chris, Damien Kee, and Rob Torok. Educate NXT Bratzel, Barbara. Physics by Design with NXT Mindstorms Church, William, Tony Ford and Natasha Perova. Physics with Robotics: An […]

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NXT books

  • NXT
  • Reference

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