To keep the WeDo simple and easy to use for younger children, the WeDo doesn’t have an intelligent brick in its building materials. No intelligent brick, so no programming and no power. The USB hub is there to provide both from the computer. But, wouldn’t it be great to be...
Design and construct a car that remains intact when dropped from ankle to mid-shin height onto the floor. Vary the drop height to make the activity more or less challenging. Hint: The car doesn’t necessarily have to include the EV3, NXT or RCX brick (and saving the brick...
In this activity, use a robot equipped with a light sensor to determine the hidden letter message (under a table or in another room). The letter will be determined using light sensor collected data on 3 passes over of the letter. Resources Find the Hidden Letter lesson plan...
Design and construct a team, comprising of three cars, to compete in a relay race. Only one car may move at a time. Hint: Is there a way to send messages between team mates? Resources Relay Race lesson plan – ROBOLAB + RCX (PDF)
In this activity, a group of students each build a robot. Each robot is assigned a number. It will then have to tag other robots with the number by using mail. Five tags and the robot takes on that robot’s number. The winner is the robot that has given its...
Design and construct a car and program it to drive through a tunnel, automatically turn on its headlights when it enters the tunnel, and turning them off when it gets to the other side. Tip: What kind of sensor would be suitable for detecting when the robot...
This is a very basic NXT vehicle. It is made exclusively of pieces from the 9797 NXT Education kit. This car was designed to be built very quickly so that it could be used in workshop settings or one-time events. This car was created to maximize the time spent learning...