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Using PocketLab with Simple & Powered Machines

16 Nov 201722 Dec 2017
    • Machines & Mechanisms
    • Challenge ideas
    • Reflections
Posted by Susan Bitetti
What happens when you pair LEGO Education’s Simple & Powered Machines set with a pocket-sized all-in-one set of sensors? This summer, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach hosted a group of science and technology […]

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Using PocketLab with Simple & Powered Machines

  • Machines & Mechanisms
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

Meet the Creator: Anton Vanhoucke

16 Nov 201716 Nov 2017
    • Big ideas
Posted by Asha
Anton Vanhoucke is from Delft, the Netherlands. He is an online strategist at Fabrique, a strategic design agency, developing new services and communication strategies. Anton has always wanted to be an inventor and combines his love […]

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Meet the Creator: Anton Vanhoucke

  • Big ideas

Online training courses

31 Oct 201731 Oct 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

Insights from the Robodogs Robotics Summer Camp

19 Oct 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

How to wait for more than one sensor condition

19 Oct 201714 Dec 2017
    • EV3
    • How to
Posted by Josep Fargas
The Wait block is one of the simplest blocks in the EV3 Software, and provides one of the simplest flow control structures. Its basic function is to pause the execution of a program until a […]

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How to wait for more than one sensor condition

  • EV3
  • How to

Hexapod TrotBot: A classroom-friendly DIY walker

19 Oct 201723 Apr 2018
    • Cross-platform
    • Challenge ideas
    • Featured
    • Reflections
Posted by Ben Vagle
I recently had an internship at the University of Denver’s Innovation Floor, where I wrote curriculum on walking machines geared toward a middle school audience. I’m going to pilot this curriculum by teaching a class […]

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Hexapod TrotBot: A classroom-friendly DIY walker

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Featured
  • Reflections

New cycle of Dr. E’s WeDo and MINDSTORMS challenges

23 Sep 201723 Sep 2017
    • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
    • Challenge ideas
    • News
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
A new season of Dr. E’s Challenges starts on October 1st. This season’s first challenge, Tool for School, is the same for both the WeDo and MINDSTORMS sites. Tool for School: Make a tool to aid you at school—a […]

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New cycle of Dr. E’s WeDo and MINDSTORMS challenges

  • BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • News

Why doesn’t my robot drive straight?

21 Sep 201723 Apr 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 the Creator: Jason Allemann

5 Sep 20177 Sep 2017
    • Big ideas
Posted by Asha
Jason Alleman is well known for his LEGO kinetic sculptures and unique MINDSTORMS models. He has a degree in Engineering, and enjoy building models that have some kind of interesting motion. He is an inspiration to other LEGO […]

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Meet the Creator: Jason Allemann

  • Big ideas

Meet the Creator: Arthur Sacek

27 Jul 201716 Nov 2017
    • Big ideas
Posted by Asha
Arthur Sacek is a native of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has a background in product design and has worked for Zoom Education for Life for many years. He is known for his amazing LEGO machines including […]

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Meet the Creator: Arthur Sacek

  • Big ideas

How to export an EV3 data file (*.rdf) to Excel

27 Jul 20177 Sep 2017
    • EV3
    • How to
Posted by Rob Torok
To open an EV3 data file (*.rdf) in Excel (or equivalent application), the trick is to convert it to a (*.csv) file using the the Tools > Export Datasets menu option in the EV3 Software. […]

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How to export an EV3 data file (*.rdf) to Excel

  • EV3
  • How to

Light and Dark Scavenger Hunt

6 Jul 201727 Jul 2017
    • EV3
    • Challenge ideas
Posted by Rob Torok
This challenge provides a basic introduction to datalogging with EV3. Datalogging enables you to collect data from one or more sensors connected to the EV3 brick over a period of time. It is possible to […]

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Light and Dark Scavenger Hunt

  • EV3
  • Challenge ideas

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