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First, make sure that your students have mastered sturdy LEGO building techniques. To bring everyone to a similar level of building confidence, it is a good idea to start with the learning sequence "Learning to Build with LEGO Materials," found on the Learning Sequences page.

Any of the activities from the Learning Sequences page or from the Activities page should be a good place to start, if reviewed to make sure they are appropriate for the age level you are working with.

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Comment #1 (Posted by Brian Goulter)
I teach in an all-Girls' school in New Zealand. I have tried (unsuccessfuly due to lack of student interest) for 3 years to introduce a robotics course. What I have managed is to have an "Introduction to robotics" for 13 year old students (a total of 12-15 hours). I have found that there are (at least) three separate areas of learning that need to be addressed. a) construction (how to build things that dont fall apart). b) robolab (how to use the software). c) programming (how to issue sensible instructions). With such limited time we skil a) and give them a set-by-set plan to build a simple robot. We cover b) by doing the following exercises - move forward for 1 sec (teaches how to wire the icons, transmit a program, save etc) - move forward for 2 sec (teaches the Replace action) - move forward for 3 sec (teaches the Insert action) - move forward for 3.5 sec (teaches qualifiers) Then we do a "Drive around a book without touching the book" or similar exercise.