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  Re: Chirality
 
(...) [snip] (...) Actually, you can model Lewis Structures* with LEGO too. I sent an article describing the LEGO-Lewis Model to the Journal of Chemical Education, but they rejected it :( A reviewer suggested that I re-write the "article" as an (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.edu)
 
  Re: Chirality
 
(...) There are also some DNA models (chiral superstructure) in Brickshelf : (URL) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.edu)
 
  Re: Chirality
 
(...) Hi Anita, Thank you for your answer, it has made my day brighter as I like the ideas you talk about. - Being open minded as you are ("I will never look at my bricks the same") - Sharing ideas - LEGO as a smart toy and teaching tool Didier (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.edu)
 
  Taking up 'Revenge of the Brick'
 
I've gotten a lot of interest in animation after showning several kids 'Revenge of the Brick' www.treehouseanimation.com/rotb including "The Making of...". I have several kids using MLCAD, L3PAO, and POV Ray to create walk sequences. This is all (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.edu)
 
  Re: Look what you can build in twenty minutes!
 
(...) For you, Scott, anything. I've been thinking about publishing something in the mathematical literature, but I'd love to write a more accessible article for a general (brick-obsessed) audience. It surprises me how little I have read about Lego (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu)
 
  Re: Look what you can build in twenty minutes!
 
(...) <snip> Great stuff Teddy! I love this math stuff, keep it coming! Cyndi (19 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Re: Look what you can build in twenty minutes!
 
(...) Geez, if my instructor used LEGO to demonstrate integration, I'm sure I wouldn't have struggled as much in my university math courses... (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Re: Look what you can build in twenty minutes!
 
(...) Awesome Ted! (Hey, sorry I've been so aloof, even to you my closest AFOL neighbor. I haven't even thanked you yet for the bloody Christmas card!) :) But on topic, I must admit, I personally would use those in a Pirate display. For sure! ;) (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Re: Look what you can build in twenty minutes!
 
(...) (snip) (...) Teddy, This is Cool, and a great story! Any thoughts about contributing an article about this to BrickJournal? Scott Lyttle (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Look what you can build in twenty minutes!
 
Here's the result of a twenty-minute building frenzy: (URL) What is it? A big blue castle? A very wobbly ocean? A sombrero? No! It's a cosine. Really and truly. Here's how I built it in twenty minutes: 1) I didn't build it. 2) I had students build (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: Instructions Needed for 9725
 
(...) Have them call Pitsco, the set is sold there: (URL) is an activity pack for this set as well: (URL) don't know if it contains building instructions for the basic 4 models. -Rob. XPost to .edu and .dacta (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta)
 
  Instructions Needed for 9725
 
Howdy all, A teacher emailed me asking where she could find instructions for set: Amusement Park 9725. She has 5 of these sets, but no manuals. Can this be found online somewhere? Thanks for your help! best, TJ (19 years ago, 12-Jul-05, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta)
 
  Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
 
(...) Very cool. There's something very powerful there. (...) I've had my students make their own kits. They have way more hands than I do. And once the kits are made, I can re-use them in more time-compressed situations. The car race sounds like a (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Lego Bricks in the Classroom
 
Last summer, I ran a Lego Geometry workshop at UU church camp. It totally rocked. When participants left the first day, they were saying things like, "Now I finally know what ratios are good for." These are adults, mind you. It gave me such a charge (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)  
 
  Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
 
(...) Please do! By no means are my ideas original but I think they will enjoy it. Please note: on Day One, all I hear is, "I need help", "I need help". I encourage them and then ask, "which pieces (because I have sorted the pieces into the (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu)
 
  Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
 
(...) You could expand your themes. You should include the popular themes of City, Castle, Space and Adventure. "Real" modeling and interacting with minifigs is very popular. By adding these themes and Train, the fourth day could be a combined (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu)
 
  Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
 
Hi Brian, Just have to say what a neat program this is. I like the idea of building by sight and then building "remotely". I teach adults (or at least young adults) and it's often difficult to get them to accept failure as part of the learning (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu)
 
  Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
 
(...) Unfortunately, the fee structure this year is a little on the high side: $40. Last year, Jake McKee was able to supply our LUG with an event kit. Unfortunately, this year, Jake did all he could for us but he was unable to help us out with any (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu)
 
  Re: Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
 
(...) Wow, that is a really neat program. What kind of fee structure and room requirements do you have? How much LEGO is given to each participant? Andy (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu)
 
  Summer LEGO Building Camp Help
 
Every summer I hold a week-long one hour per day LEGO Building camp through my local Parks and Rec program. This year, I have 28 participants signed up. I divide up the participants into groups of 9 (For those who need math help, that is 3 groups of (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.build, lugnet.org.us.cedarlug, lugnet.announce)
 
  Call for MOCs at Bricks for Brains' First Annual Brick Bash
 
This is a bit of a repost, because the date changed. For those of you who don't already know, I present educational hands-on LEGO® building exhibits at museums, schools, etc. The Web site for this work is at (URL). I'm holding my first annual Brick (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.edu, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.tol, FTX)  
 
  Bricks for Brains at House of Bricks
 
Greetings, all. As "Bricks for Brains" I present educational, hands-on LEGO(r) building exhibits at schools, museums, and special events. I will be attending Chicago House of Bricks this weekend, where I will display my two scale models (a bridge (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.edu, lugnet.announce)  
 
  Robolab Conference - Call for Papers
 
1) The Call for Presentation and Papers for the Annual ROBOLAB Conference (August 15-17th, Austin, Texas) has been extended to APRIL 1st. Please consider submitting a presentation or a paper for the conference. Details are available at the (...) (19 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
 
  Re: LEGO in CG classes was: easier parts authoring
 
(...) (Sorry for the late reply, I forgot to check up on the thread.) You may share the movie freely, just keep the credits in there. The other Lego-related student animations I would have liked to share were computer-animated Lego minifig remakes (...) (19 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Northeast Region ROBOLAB Conference
 
I don't work for the LEGO Company, but I felt that this announcement should be posted in the official .lego group. -Suz (URL) reposting the announcement of a special event. This conference, at the LEGO Enfield HQ, is a big deal! For those who don't (...) (19 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu, FTX)  
 
  (canceled)
 
 
  LEGO in CG classes was: easier parts authoring
 
(...) could post some of the other things your class has created? One question: The credits list MLCAD and LDraw as applications used in the creation of the video - can you elaborate on this? Did they use LDraw measurements (or actual parts) in the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  LEGO Factory Judge Pages Archived?
 
One side benefit to LF (IMO) has been the spotlight pages on the judges. It's fun to read each judge's background, childhood favorites, etc. and then try to see how that reflects in his/her designs. From a teacher's point of view, I also loved the (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  OK, I'm torn
 
Today I had a first - -Student brings in a set of BI to show what he wants to make for his first project in my 3D AutoCAD class. -It's a Megabloks kit. :( Cool model, though. :) Darrell (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Re: Permission Req'd for Education?
 
(...) I think just an overreation. I know if you ask the publisher, they will typically say, "No!" and inside the book cover it says you cannot reproduce anything, but the fair use doctrine says otherwise. You would have to copy a lot from a book to (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Re: Permission Req'd for Education?
 
Hi, Thanks so much for the thoughtful and informative response. You basically confirmed what I had suspected - better for me to get permission before I include unauthorized AFOL imagery in my class material. But given the web-savvy most students (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Re: Permission Req'd for Education?
 
(...) It is always the most polite and least risky thing to do to ask permission to use images that you yourself did not create. However, it is not necessarily unlawful to use them if you don't (in the United States, at least, other countries may (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-04, to lugnet.edu, FTX)  
 
  Re: Motivating CAD students to model LEGO (was prototyping)
 
(...) I am amazed that the architecture students would need any motivation to design with legos. Being an architect myself I cannot even fathom the thought! One suggestion would be to ask the students to try and model their previous projects using (...) (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Motivating CAD students to model LEGO (was prototyping)
 
(...) Well, my Semester starts in two weeks, so if you have any tips I'm all for hearing them! My biggest problem is motivating the Architecture students in my group. The Engineers don't really care what they draw (a widget is a widget is a widget). (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
 
(...) I think LDView was used with the wireframe option turned on. I meant to make a few more of these up for Tim but got sidetracked. -Orion (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
 
My curiosity has gotten the best of me. What did you use to render the various header images? (I have my suspicions, but they're not quite hi-res enough for me to be sure.) --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)
 
  ROBOLAB Conference - July 15th Deadline
 
Just a reminder: The deadline for submissions for session presentations for the ROBOLAB Conference is July 15th. Also, July 15th is the cut-off for early registration ($100). After July 15th, registration will be $125. The conference will feature (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
 
  Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
 
(...) We're still working on the specifics of the exhibition space. When I know, I'll post the info. Hope to see you there! -Tim (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu)
 
  Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
 
I might be going to SIGGRAPH this year. Are you going to be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH or presenting or what? I want to be able to find you there. :) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu)
 
  Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
 
(...) Yes. I'll see to it that the website indicates that more clearly. The full website will spell out specifics of the competition in detail, once the contest launches in August. Thanks for your interest. -Tim (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)


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