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(...) Yay hooray! It's great that you're getting involved with education... (...) I've just showed this to my better half and she finally "gets" why I spend time putting seemingly useless stuff up on the web. It's because someone, somewhere might (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | Plano 1258 storage for Classroom Robotics
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I recently started a FIRST Lego League team at my daughter's school. (More about that can be found in lugnet.edu). As we get prepared for the challenge, I am using a variety of team exercises for small teams of 2-4 students. Each team needed a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | Teaching/Coaching Robotics -- Day 1
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Well! It's been a lot of work from vision to reality, but FLL Team #1096 (Kathryn Hughes Elementary) had its first meeting last Thursday. I thought I'd share with people here what I'm doing, in hopes of getting some exchange of ideas going in this (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.edu)
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I'm taking an architecture class this semester, so for my first project*, I created a fairly scale (1 ft=1 stud) LEGO version of my design: (URL) dark gray is meant to be a 4x4 grid of stone slabs, brown is brick, light gray is concrete, and green (...) (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: More Thoughts about Girls and Legos
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Howdy, (...) Not so. There may be psychological barriars, but I suspect they are learned ones. In the Lego Lab environment I observed the same interest in building and creating with both genders. The differences came from teaching strategies and the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.edu)
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(...) Interesting list... maybe it's because it's a "classroom environment" list that "wanting to learn something" is missing as a motivation? A comment on our education systems generally... Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Air Market: (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.edu)
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(...) There's a sex-based "don't play with lego" gene?!? :-) Bruce (I think one could better point the finger at social and cultural traditions) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.edu)
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(...) <snip> (...) Yeah. I spend a lot of time with my own thoughts about girls and Legos [1]. I expected a different post, somehow. eric 1] Not at the same time. Usually. (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, I'll have to go and semi-agree with the statement. However, I think that what the statement was implying vs. what it said by the letter was a bit different. I think that I would say something along the lines of "male and female minds (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | More Thoughts about Girls and Legos
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Howdy, ...I was just reviewing the debates that ran on gender issues and science at the Nature website late last year. ( (URL) ) One email posting that stated that the "cognitive differences between men and women" is one explaination for the gender (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Legos and Line Plots
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Howdy, ...my mother-in-law teaches middle school math, and I have been taking her lessons and rewriting them so that they use LEGOs. The following is an example...enjoy! Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.edventures.com Title: Making LEGO Line Plots (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Legos and Philosophy
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Howdy all, ...I had an exchange of emails with a professor in Mississippi concerning teaching statistics and philosophy with Legos. I thought this might be of some interest to some of you out there. Enjoy Richard rwright@pcsedu.com (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Newsletter
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Howdy, ...check out our newsletter featuring some Lego projects built by students. (URL) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Educational Benefits of Lego Engineering Lab
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Howdy, There are many benefits to installing a Lego based engineering program in schools. I culled the following from a white paper my company has online ( (URL) ) regarding the benefits of creating a Lego engineering lab. I hope the following can (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Legos as a Function of Applied History
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LEGO® products as a Function of Applied History... As a history teacher, I find it exciting that we can explore the history with Legos! In my experience at the PCS Centers, I have had students model ancient structures, ancient machines, or model the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Legos as a Function of Art
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Howdy, Pat McShane the founder of PCS Edventures.COM authored a list that described various subject areas that can be taught with Lego elements. This list covered a range of topics from anthropology to zoology. One area he discussed was art. Pat (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Robot Club Held in Public Library
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Howdy All, An acquaintence of mine in El Paso started a Robot Club in the Public Library. He gave me permission to post his letter to me here...I thought to share and encourage grass roots efforts like this one! ***SNIP*** Great news, the robotics (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Legos and Homeschooling
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(...) <snipped text> (...) Well, I am homeschooled, but I've never really done any projects with Legos that would help in my schooling. I have always been more into the system sets rather than Technic, although I love Technic as well, it's just that (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Writing A Proposal
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Howdy, ...since I am in the business of setting up "Lego engineering labs," I have become very familiar with writing proposals. ( Although the most interesting was assisting a fellow writing a proposal to get a supply of Lego elements for the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.datfest, lugnet.publish, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Elementary Lego Mindstorm Robotics Club
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Howdy, (...) At the old PCS Learning Centers, students met for 1.25 hours once a week. I have set up several labs in afterschool environments and Boys and Girls Clubs, and this seems to be a natural pattern. Some of the Boys and Girls Clubs have (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Legos and Homeschooling
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Howdy, ...just attended the CHOIS 2000 Homeschool Conference at NNU in Nampa Idaho. Over the years, I have had the pleasure of working with many homeschool families, usually teaching engineering, architecure and robotics with Legos at the PCS Lab. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.edu) !
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| | Infant Stimulation Maximises Future Opportunities
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Republication of official LEGO Company press release of May 16, 2000: (URL) stimulation maximises future opportunities LEGO Company encourages putting more focus on stimulating children age 0-5. New extensive research shows that by stimulating 0-5 (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.primo)
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| | Re: Writing A Proposal
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Here's a web site with lots of links on the topic including that of the Oryx Press: (URL) this helps as well, -Rob. (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.cad.datfest, lugnet.publish, lugnet.edu)
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| | Writing A Proposal
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I just borrowed this book from my local library. I haven't gone through every bit, but so far it's extremely helpful -- speaking here as one who's never written an official proposal. (at least not yet) Proposal Planning and Writing, second edition (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.cad.datfest, lugnet.publish, lugnet.edu)
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| | win LEGO MINDSTORMS robots and add-ons
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Hi all, We have now released the game called Co-Evolutionary Robot Soccer Show, for which you can download the FREE software (for Windows) on the site: (URL) prizes in the competition include 2 LEGO MINDSTORMS robot kits, 4 LEGO MINDSTORMS add-on (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Yes LEGO did make drafting paper!
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In my DACTA Control Lab manuals, there are some graph papers as well. Pitsco- LEGO DACTA still sells the books ($87/set ouch!). The one titled, "Control Lab: Technology Investigations and Inventions" has paper. All 1:1 Here's the text. Invention (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: DUPLO Egg Gardening
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(...) [snip] Suz, are you planning on becoming an elementary school teacher when you're done with school? I'd be envious of your students--wish my teachers had loved LEGO... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.edu, lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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Child and their DUPLO figs can watch a mini greenhouse perform magic! see photo: (URL) DUPLO Egg as a Super seed starter: - easy open and close. - short base (don't need much soil), but tall clear top. - tiny drainage holes. - air holes that can be (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.edu, lugnet.promo, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: Yes LEGO did make drafting paper!
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(...) Lego also included some sheets in early Brick Kicks magazines. The boxes in the grid were the size of a 1x1 plate. Jeff, "Thallid Lord" Save the Whales! I may get hungry later... :) ICQ #66153738 (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu)
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| | Yes LEGO did make drafting paper!
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TLC actually did make a drafting type paper back in the 1960's. The Architectural Sets (#750, #751, #752) each came with several sheets of this paper, which looks more like graph paper. Each box within the grid was the size of a 1x1 brick. The (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu)
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(...) I'm not remembering the exact, specific definition of 'isometric', but I've produced some isometric-type graph paper that is quite useful for LEGO designing. The grid is made of vertical lines and diagonal lines which are at about a 20-degree (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu)
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hmmm, I wish I had read further before I replied to Stephen's post a few minutes earlier. I think that an isometric grid would not work too well without some distortion. Since the stud side is a different measurement that the other sides (except (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: drafting paper
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu)
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| | New version of StarLogo
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.logo)
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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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. (...) (24 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): (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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