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(...) "overhead" paper provides a medium for sketching "plan" views, ie, looking straight down at the tops of brick studs. The other paper offers an "elevation" view, ie, looking at the side of a wall marked for plates because 3 plates high = 1 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu)
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Forward is of an announcement I received from the MIT Media Lab's Epistemology and Learning group. Mitchel Resnick conceived StarLogo and implemented the original version on the Connection Machine. A related book of his is titled, "Turtles, Termites (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.logo)
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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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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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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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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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(...) 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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My apologies if this is something you have already explored: Pitsco-DACTA sells the Mindstorms components in an education format called Robolab. Go to: (URL) search on W990084 for the starter set (4 units + software site license). There are lots of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.edu)
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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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Hi, I teach in Nebraska and am starting up an after-school Robotics Club at our school. I submitted a request for funds and a mini-budget. It was approved and now I have the task of purchasing materials. The bulk of the budget is going to be spend (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.edu)
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