Search Results for ages 8-12


Solar System: ROVing Away   (Lesson Plan/Activity)
Students will program an ROV (RCX vehicle) that will travel from Earth to an assigned planet.

Lesson Objectives:
* Program a RCX ROV to travel from Earth to an assigned planet.
* Use this activity to learn about the solar system.


Materials ...

Ages: 5-8
 

Sturdy Stamper   (Lesson Plan/Activity)
Using beams, connector pegs, and craft materials (such as foam and glue), students create a handle for a stamper. Students will need to build the handle and attach the foam shape. Students test it out by using ink and putting a stamp on paper.

Ages: 7-10
 

Sturdy Tower   (Lesson Plan/Activity)
In this activity students will construct a tower that is at least 4-6 inches high. The tower must withstand first the weight of a stack of books, then themselves and then you.
Concepts: 1) building
2) sturdiness

Ages: 7-9
 

Hypervelocity   (Lesson Plan/Activity)
Learning Objective:
Build a robotic NXT LEGO car equipped with a light sensor and program it to drive at a speed based on the light sensor input.

Student Challenge:
Build and program a two-motor car equipped with a light sensor. The car should drive forward and will ha...

Ages: 8-15
 

LEGO Golf   (Media)
In my physics class, the students modified their "Going the Distance" robots to push on a ball. This was an opening activity for my "Force and Motion" unit. We used some fabric taped to the floor as a hole.

Ages: 10-18
 

Snowplow   (Media)
In a first grade class, students built cars using motors, pulleys and basic bricks. They added plows to the front to clear the "snow".

Ages: 5-9
 

Poor man's compass sensor   (Lesson Plan/Activity)
Today you won't have troubles to buy an electronic compass from the shelf. But, sometimes you want to understand - or as a teacher - to explain how the compass direction can be turned into digital information. This sensor got its name, because it is made of a few LEGO pieces, the RCX, a magnet, a li...

Ages: 12-15
 

Lesson 1: Wheelchair Design Challenge   (Lesson Plan/Activity)
In this lesson, students will design and build a wheelchair that can hold a load about the size of a water bottle. Students will build their wheel chairs using the engineering design process and must follow specific design requirements.

This is part of the curriculum unit “Robot...

Ages: 8-18
 

LEGO double-beam balance   (Media)
Eighth-grade students built LEGO balances that were accurate to within half a gram.

Ages: 12-15
 

LEGO pan balance   (Media)
Eighth-grade students built LEGO balances that were accurate to within half a gram.

Ages: 12-15
 
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