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We have the parts but do not have the illustrated color building instructions that come with the sets "Pneumatics I" and Pneumatics II". Pitsco no longer sells the building cards separately. Pitsco still sells the "Pneumatics Teacher's Guide" that (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: I just held a Lego Show!
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(...) snip . . . Dacta publishes the lesson plan as a "Teachers Guide" or an "Activity Pack". They refer to the building instructions that Dacta publishes as "Building Cards". So, you need both even if you already have the building pieces. If you (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I just held a Lego Show!
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(...) Snip I'd love to get all of their stuff. It sounds great. I don't think I can get the school or the PTA to buy any until I look at the lesson plans, and show them how easy and appropriate they would be. I'll buy some of the lesson plans as (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Activity Binders
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Wow! A report from the sorce. gosh. thanks. and welcome! I do like the DUPLO Machines sets, very much. I will have to buy these books. I own a healthy-sized DUPLO collection, including many TOOLO and Gear elements (they're great) yet I am glad to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LEGO Activity Binders
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Dear Suz and Rob Yes - there is tons of good stuff inside. Designed for a DUPLO collectiuon - but you can do them with 'found' materials too. Should be between 20 and 30 activities in each binder - all integrated math science technology language. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: I just held a Lego Show!
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Pitsco-Dacta has soom good (assumed good, I don't have any of these curricula guides) class room focused materials: Technic I Simple Machines Curriculum (W770999): $27.50 102 page lesson plan guide, no parts Technic I Teachers Guide (W771035): (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I just held a Lego Show!
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(...) I have been mulling this over, too. I am a member of the science support commitee of the parent's organization at my son's school (K-8, ages 6-14 for non-USA). I showed some of the committee members some technic and got volunteered to do a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I just held a Lego Show!
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(...) What I just did wasn't a presentation kind of thing, it was more like an art exhibition where you just go round and look at the exhibits. The other thing I do is a Technic building session every Wed afternoon: the kids call it a "class" but (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:38C42409.2C1679...rve.com... (...) This brings up a point that I've been mulling over for some time. Has anyone put together a "How to do a LEGO guest lecture at your local school"? I've (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Activity Binders
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I assume there is curricula within. -Suz (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LEGO Activity Binders
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Is there anything in them?? I'd hate to think someone is selling an empty binder for $40 even if its Canadian money. -Rob. Suzanne D. Rich <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:FqM3pE.oF@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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| | LEGO Activity Binders
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I came across this sale while looking for something else on the net. LEGO Dacta DUPLO activity binders from Canada: (URL) anyone has seen these in person, I'd like hear what you think. -Suz (25 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Brick Layers II book
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(...) Wait till I pneumaticise them ;-) Seriously, I would make #1031 essential reading for all Technic and robot builders. The mechanisms shown therein are fundamental and will crop up time and again in various models. Enjoy! -- C S Soh (URL) where (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: Mini-sets
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You should protect the building instruction cards for the mini-sets because you may never replace them if they get lost or destroyed. Pitsco no longer stocks the cards and said that Dacta discontinued them during 1999. This unavailability of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.dacta)
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David Macaulay's book "Mill" can inspire you to build a LEGO Technic MOC model or a classroom project that incorporates both architectural and mechanical features. An old LEGO educational Dacta model can make this project interesting. For a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: Brick Layers II book
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Thank you for the correction. The set with parts has the ID #1030 but the building cards alone have the ID #1031. Weird. My mistake for not confirming the correct URL at Kevin Loch's Brickshelf. More importantly, now we all know that C S Soh dabbles (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: Brick Layers II book
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(...) It should be 1031, here (URL) C S Soh (URL) where air is power (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: Brick Layers II book
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(...) I can't find 1030 (or 9030, in case it was a typ0) at Briskshelf or Pause. Where did you find these scans, Miles? Kevin (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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| | Brick Layers II book
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You can learn basic LEGO Technic engineering and building from books. What do you know about the new book, ie, "Brick Layers II ..."? Pitsco's 2000 catalog has a new book titled "Brick Layers II: Creative Engineering with Lego Constructions" (Pitsco (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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| | Mini-sets
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Got a chance to play with these today. They seem like good sets for teaching kids about simple machines. Alan (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.dacta)
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