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I have created a new site as a reference for educators using RoboLab in the classroom. I would love to have some of you visit the site and provide feedback. At present we have only a few examples, but we are working on adding many more. The most (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.events.robot-arena, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.loc.us.in) !
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| | Student Nomination for Lego Media
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Howdy, This is a reply to LEGO Media's call for interesting and innovating students of LEGO. I thought to share here as well, as this is the kind of student I would like to see our classrooms produce. There is a group of kids I work with who are all (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Elementary Lego Mindstorm Robotics Club
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I think John has some great suggestions. In addition you may want to check if your retailer gives a discount to teachers. My local Zany Brainy takes off 10%. Maggie C. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Elementary Lego Mindstorm Robotics Club
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(...) Regarding supplies, irt is easier and cheaper to do purchasing outside the usual school procedures. These limit options and usually result in HIGHER prices. If you have any local merchants - toys or such - that carry Lego, see if you can cut a (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LEGO sighting on TV
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(...) Oh my! (...) That's COOL! I wish my teachers when I was a kid had used LEGO bricks as illustation materials! --Todd (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Elementary Lego Mindstorm Robotics Club
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Garette, would you please post something about how you're doing with this. I just got a go-ahead to do a smaller versions, with 3 Mindstorms and 6 kids.. Looking for any curriculum and materials! Thanks.. (23 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.edu)
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| | New Aqua Engineering Class!
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Howdy, ....just posted a new class that uses LEGO elements! Check out: (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.edu)
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| | LEGO Lab Giveaway
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Howdy, ...my company is giving away an Edventures LEGO Lab as part of a promotion. Visit ( (URL) ) The Lab was designed for afterschool-enrichment environments and includes LEGO® materials, digital camera, custom designed cabinet, and a (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Shame, Shame...."plastic" rubber tires in new technic
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Howdy, Never sat down and figured out the friction coefficient for the different LEGO tires. However, over the years I have hosted numerous "hill-climb", "King of the Hills", "Tug of War" and "Tractor Pull" type contests. Usually, kids will grab the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Shame, Shame...."plastic" rubber tires in new technic
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The plastic wheels work well when you cannot use a clutch gear or pulley belt to protect a motor from excessive resistance. Rrubber wheels do not yield well on some driving surfaces when an obstacle stops the vehicle. Plastic wheels spin and, so, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.edu)
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| | First LEGO Mindstorms book accessible to students of all ages
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(URL) has the current links to how you can pre-order (and pre-view if you are an educator) a copy of "Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms". It is due out in March. I already know of middle school teachers through college professors that have (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Free HOMESCHOOL Class
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Howdy all, PCS Edventures.COM partnered with Homeschool.com to produce an inquiry based project that uses LEGO elements at (URL) come and check it out! I appreciate any and all comments/feedback. The big slant involves the Glenn Commission Report. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Information needed
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Howdy, ...setting up school and afterschool LEGO lab environments is my specialty. Take a look at www.weirdrichard.com! Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.edu)
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I'm doing my term paper for psychology on the use of LEGO bricks in education. If anyone could supply me with a good list of sites to cover not only how LEGO is used in the classroom but also why it works so well. I have my own general ideas on this (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Using LEGO blocks to teach mathematical concepts
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Howdy, ...very nice! I had nto seen that article. Personally, I think that LEGO elements can very easily work in math class settings. For some examples, check out: (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Using LEGO blocks to teach mathematical concepts
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Just thought this webpage I found was rather interesting. Scroll down to where LEGO is used.(#5) (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Book thought...
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I'd like to go on and on about it, but I haven't heard the official word yet as to what I should/could say and not say. The publisher is Addison Wesley Longman, and I'm really not positive when it will be out (don't know how long it takes for (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Book thought...
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Being lazy, I was hoping that would be the case :-) When will it be out? Who's publishing? Thanks! -Peter "Ben Erwin" <ben@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:G1xADI.33s@lugnet.com... (...) late (...) books, (...) concepts (...) RCX (...) in (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Book thought...
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I have just finished this EXACT book, so I'm sorry, but its a little too late to collaborate. :) And although the audience is broader than the other books, i certainly have not left adults out, as there are plenty of advanced concepts in the book as (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | Book thought...
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So, I've been coaching this FLL team for a while now, and also watching my 9 year old daughter's use of Mindstorms and Technic and a book idea has been forming in my head. I'm wondering if anyone else is already working on such a book, in which case (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | NJRC 2000 in Singapore
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Hi, educators This may be of interest to people who have to organise or prepare kids to take part in robotics competitions. The National Junior Robotics Competition (NJRC) 2000 which is in its 2nd year running, was held from 5-7 Sep in Singapore. (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.sg, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Suggestions for prizes?
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(...) 3038- Spider Slayer seems to be on final clearance for $14.98 at many TRUs around the country. I can still find this item near me as of last week, so if anyone is looking for it, let me know and I'll see what I can do. If you are VERY lucky (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Suggestions for prizes?
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Head to your local TRU they did have some really cheap cyber slam sets. I got a spider slayer for $15.00 and a second one for $7.50 because the box was severely mutilated. Both sets are complete, big and feature a motor along with a lot of little (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | FLL Team/Robotics Class information
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I finally got around to posting some of the lesson plans, homework, etc. for FLL Team #1096 (The Unibots) to lugnet. Eventually this will all move to the school's web site, but until I get access to my little corner of the school web site, I am (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Plano 1258 storage for Classroom Robotics
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I got enough requests for the PDF version of my box labels that I put them up on Brickshelf: (URL) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | Attribute blocks
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Math teachers for grades 1 - 9 use Attribute Blocks to teach relational logic with math manipulatives. Similarly, we can use Lego blocks as attribute manipulatives to teach relational logic, e.g.,: - Classify blocks and put them in sets. - Identify (...) (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Suggestions for prizes?
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Hi all, I'm coaching an FLL team, and we are beginning to have some intra-team competitions as a way to get some practice, etc. before the real deal begins. What I'm looking for are some suggestions for small prizes (I'm not made out of money, or (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Writing A Proposal
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In lugnet.publish, Suzanne D. Rich writes: <nifty book> Cool (...) Where in the ULR do we need to insert the /lugnet/, and at what step. For instance, showing us where it goes in the following URLs might be helpful. (or are they not what you were (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.datfest, lugnet.publish, lugnet.edu, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: learning by age bracket? (was.....
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Howdy, (...) Yes. About a billion of them. In theory, each state's curriculum standards reflect this. You might want to take a look at the National Association for the Education of Young Children's "Guidelines for Appropriate Curriculum Content and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: learning by age bracket? (was.....
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Aside from the thread on gender and learning -- which I'm steering clear of -- what about learning wrt age ranges? Are there any generally-accepted, broadbased guidelines for learning approaches best suited for different ages? this could mean lesson (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Modelling boolean gates with trains
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(...) For those of a mathematical disposition, I vaguely remember an article on the subject of building computing logics out of train tracks in 'Eureka' (the annual journal of the Cambridge University undergraduate math society, the Archimedeans) a (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Modelling boolean gates with trains
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(...) If NOT is reversing direction, than 1 is forward and 0 is back. (Or the other way around; whatever.) But I'd be curious to hear how you envision more complicated logic! (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.trains)
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| | Modelling boolean gates with trains
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Okay, this might be totally impossible (or insane or banal), but has anyone modelled boolean functions on a train layout (System or Duplo)? At the moment I'm thinking "train on the line"=1, "not on the line"=0. NOT could be done by reversing the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New
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Howdy, ...congrats! I look forward to any questions or insights into integrating Legos into education! Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.edu)
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Hi, I just joined. (24 years ago, 17-Sep-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Plano 1258 storage for Classroom Robotics
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Howdy, ...very nice! I still like my school's design with a mobile cart and removeable tubbies for the majority of parts. ( Take a look at (URL) for an example ). There are so many Lego elements in our labs, the stowaway boxes can become difficult (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | Legos and Optics
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Howdy all, I recieved some email from a fellow working on a senior project involving using everyday objects in physics education. Specifically he is curiously about building optical instruments with Legos. Here is what I came up with.... (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: math 5-year-old child 1 x n bricks overlapping courses
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(...) LEGO Cuisenaire Rods! Of course there are a few missing pieces to make a proper set, you need: 1x1 white 1x2 red 1x3 bright green (yea right!) 1x4 magenta (yea right!) 1x5 yellow (good luck!) 1x6 green 1x7 black (good luck!) 1x8 brown 1x9 blue (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | math 5-year-old child 1 x n bricks overlapping courses
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The 5-year-old child discovered "higher" math with 1 x n bricks. The child played into a structural 1x brick goal of a 12-stud assembly. Needing to lock the first course (row) of 3 4-stud bricks by overlapping the second row, the child discovered a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Plano 1258 storage for Classroom Robotics
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Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message news:000201c01ceb$43...@pro150... (...) (More (...) I've been involved with education for over a decade (judging science fairs, PTA, School Site Council, etc.) I've just *finally* gotten the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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