{"id":13829,"date":"2020-08-26T10:30:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T00:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/?p=13829"},"modified":"2020-08-26T15:43:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T05:43:26","slug":"crash-test-dummy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/crash-test-dummy\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash Test Dummy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a quick, fun challenge that can be used as a filler at the end of a lesson or as introductory build to draw attention to the importance of robust construction.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em>The challenge<\/h2>\n

Design and build a LEGO car that, when given a gentle push, will roll off a table and survive a fall onto the floor.<\/p>\n

Teacher notes<\/h2>\n

For this year’s class, the students were restricted to using only the parts from the top tray of a single EV3 kit.<\/p>\n

It might be interesting to frame this challenge in other ways, e.g. by limiting the total number of pieces, total weight, or ….???<\/p>\n

The students were given a LEGO minifig to represent the dummy, and instructed not to have any motors or other electronic parts on their cars.<\/p>\n

And for anyone who asked, the rule was also no tape, no adhesive, no rubber bands, etc. (-:<\/p>\n

Here are some of the results…<\/p>\n