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Write better code with design patterns in EV3

  • 14 February 201917 February 2019
  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Big ideas
Posted by Josep Fargas
A software design pattern is a reusable solution for a commonly occurring problem. It is not a finished solution, but rather a template for how to solve problems in a variety of different contexts. Using a design […]

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Write better code with design patterns in EV3

  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Big ideas

Hour of code with robotics

  • 2 December 2018
  • Cross-platform, EV3, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • News and Events
Posted by Wayne Burnett
The Hour of Code is a global initiative to introduce young people (and those young at heart) to computer science. The Hour of Code takes place during Computer Science Education Week, which is held annually […]

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Hour of code with robotics

  • Cross-platform, EV3, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
  • News and Events

You are invited to revive a challenge

  • 29 November 20184 December 2018
  • Cross-platform
  • News and Events
Posted by Rob Torok
You are hopefully aware that this site is full of great ideas for design challenges to give your students. Some of these challenges, however, are starting to look a little dated and many of the earlier […]

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You are invited to revive a challenge

  • Cross-platform
  • News and Events

Using video to assess robotics students

  • 21 November 201821 November 2018
  • Cross-platform
  • Big ideas
  • Pedagogy
Posted by Ian Chow-Miller
It’s okay to fail, you’re on camera! My school is in a 1:1 iPad district. Every student in our district from 2nd through 12th grade is given an iPad for use in school. As the […]

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Using video to assess robotics students

  • Cross-platform
  • Big ideas
  • Pedagogy

Cranes

  • 19 November 201821 November 2018
  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Challenge ideas
Posted by Katie
In this series of challenges, students will design and build motorized crane that uses a pulley and a string to lift and lower heavy objects. They can incorporate gears into the design to provide enough […]

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Cranes

  • Cross-platform, EV3
  • Challenge ideas

Rapidly Prototyping Strider Ver 3 to be Smoother, Stronger, Faster

  • 30 August 201827 September 2018
  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections
Posted by Wade
This summer we used our Strider optimizer coupled with rapid prototyping in LEGO to refine its 10-bar linkage. In a tiny fraction of the time it took us to refine TrotBot’s linkage in our garage, we […]

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Rapidly Prototyping Strider Ver 3 to be Smoother, Stronger, Faster

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Reflections

Snail car

  • 23 August 201820 December 2018
  • BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
Challenge Use gears to make a motorized car that moves as slowly as possible. Here are the rules: Your snail must include a power source such as an EV3 brick or WeDo hub, one or […]

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Snail car

  • BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas

Ramp climber

  • 23 August 201823 August 2018
  • BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas
Posted by Barbara Bratzel
The challenge Design and build a car that can climb as steep a ramp as possible. Engineers repeatedly test their creations and use the results to make improvements to their designs. As you test your […]

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Ramp climber

  • BOOST, Cross-platform, EV3, NXT, WeDo
  • Challenge ideas

Hurricane Disaster Recovery

  • 19 April 201823 April 2018
  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
Posted by Lana Pereira
I teach a robotics class at a middle school in Central Florida near Orlando. My classes are mostly 6th grade with a few 7th graders, and I have between 30 and 32 students per class. In […]

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Hurricane Disaster Recovery

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas

DIY Walkers: Klann’s Mechanical Spider

  • 26 March 201820 December 2018
  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Featured
  • Inspiration
  • Reflections
Posted by Ben Vagle
This creation is a LEGO-based version of Klann’s Mechanical Spider, which makes use of one of the best known walking mechanisms, the Klann linkage. The Klann linkage was designed by mechanical engineer Joe Klann and […]

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DIY Walkers: Klann’s Mechanical Spider

  • Cross-platform
  • Challenge ideas
  • Featured
  • Inspiration
  • Reflections

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

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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