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Kevin, I've been thinking (ever since MindFest) about doing something like this for my son's 3rd grade gifted class. Did you develop a curriculum, or do you just let the kids play and offer help? What age kids take part? Do you have any plans to add (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu)
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I'd be interested in reading it Silas Adam Yulish wrote in message <381B0F98.C45F4EC2@ee.net>... (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.edu)
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(...) When I first noticed the motor/dynamo effect I used it to create a puppet "Furby" driven by cams. It's on my Mindstorms page: (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
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| | Mindfest Panel on "Why are so few Girls Tinkering"??
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Subject: Mindfest Panel on "Why are so few Girls Tinkering"?? (This was passed along from Richard Wright <rwright@pcsedu.com> and added to this discussion with his permission, by Terry King): The topic of the panel was "Why are so few girls (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Magic Trick / lego Technic "class"
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <381b40f0.144473789@...et.com>... (...) One tip I have for those of you who'd like to build your own magic trick. To make sure that the electric plate is never unintentionally revealed, I used tiles instead of bricks on (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Cool! I'd never thought of doing that. Just showed it to my daughter and she was very interested and we had a good conversation about motors and generators a a result. I'll show the kids when I go in next week and see what results. Kevin (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: #1031 Simple Machines
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Gosh, that looks useful Miles. Thanks! Kevin (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu)
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| | #1031 Simple Machines
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Scans of old set # 1031 at (URL) instructions for educational models of simple machines. The mostly simple instructions include: - How Technic parts fit together - Triangles for strength - Gears changing speed and direction - Pulley wheels and lifts (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu)
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(...) that I've seen for this principle. If I were a teacher at an elementary school, I'd be going doubly nuts -- what a great introduction to motors!! So, you discovered the principle of wired-together motors more or less by accident?--then, while (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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In the inaugural issue of Ohio Today (Fall 1999), page 18 has an article about how a teacher at OU uses lego to teach math to blind students. They were into Algebra, and even had representations for polynomials. I'm not sure what I'll need to do to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.edu)
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