science

Why I like educational robots
- November 18, 2013
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- Posted by Craig
With all the available STEM options, we often get asked Why Robotics? So here are some quick thoughts to kickstart your thirty second elevator speech for robotics program support. See what you think. I like educational robots because they make abstract concepts real. With this opening salvo, and depending on your primary expertise and...

Concepts Get started!

abstract, concept, datalogging, elevator speech, Mathematics, real, sales pitch, science, why robotics, Why Robots

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Platform 9 3/4
- September 5, 2013
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- Posted by CEEO
Design and construct a car and learn to program the car to travel a specified distance using multiple methods (time, touch and light). Get your car’s passenger from home to the train station. Going too far or not far enough leaves your passenger in the ghost world. Resources Platform...

Challenge idea Lesson plan

distance, engineering, Lesson plan, Light sensor, math, NXT, RCX, science, time, Touch Sensor, velocity

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Measuring the temperature of water
- August 2, 2013
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- Posted by CEEO
Use a temperature sensor, to measure the temperature of 3 different water sources. Gather data points every second for 25 seconds from each sample for analysis.

Challenge idea

data analysis, data collection and analysis, datalogging, experiment, heat transfer, NXT, RCX, science, temperature

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