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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

What to buy (WeDo 2.0)

1 March 20181 March 2018
WeDo
Getting started

Posted by Wayne Burnett

Planning on introducing the LEGO WeDo into your class? Here are some ideas on what you need to get started. Note: This guide is for LEGO Education WeDo 2.0, which comes in a blue container. […]

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What to buy (WeDo 2.0)

WeDo
Getting started

Meet the Creator: Lee Magpili

27 February 201827 February 2018
Big ideas

Posted by Asha

Lee Magpili is a LEGO Education Designer who lives in Billund, Denmark. Lee was the lead model designer for the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 Core Set. He is also well-known for many large creations including EVan, SI3RRA, […]

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Meet the Creator: Lee Magpili

Big ideas

New Dr E’s MINDSTORMS and WeDo Challenges

13 February 201823 April 2018
BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
Challenge ideas
News

Posted by Barbara Bratzel

Dr. E’s WeDo Challenges and Dr. E’s MINDSTORMS Challenges have launched new cycles of challenges, one each month from February through May. Created by Professor Ethan Danahy of Tufts University, these sites encourage students from around the world to find creative solutions […]

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New Dr E’s MINDSTORMS and WeDo Challenges

BOOST, EV3, NXT, WeDo
Challenge ideas
News

Does LEGO BOOST have a place in education?

20 January 2018
BOOST
Review

Posted by Barbara Bratzel

LEGO BOOST was released in 2017, joining MINDSTORMS and WeDo in the LEGO robotics line-up. Unlike those two products, BOOST was designed solely for the retail market. BOOST has received rave reviews and a number […]

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Does LEGO BOOST have a place in education?

BOOST
Review

How to toggle a motor on/off with a touch sensor

16 November 201716 November 2017
EV3
How to

Posted by Josep Fargas

Starting with a simple challenge involving a touch sensor and a motor, this learning sequence shows how to turn a motor on and off with a touch sensor using flow control structures that include: waits […]

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How to toggle a motor on/off with a touch sensor

EV3
How to

Using PocketLab with Simple & Powered Machines

16 November 201722 December 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 November 201716 November 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 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

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

How to wait for more than one sensor condition

19 October 201714 December 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 October 201727 September 2018
Cross-platform
Challenge ideas
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
Reflections

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