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(...) That's brilliant! I'm sure lots of us have bought some excessivly Juniorized sets just to get a few special pieces or because they were on sale, and would like to dump some of the pieces that are never used in our adult MOC's. Donate them to (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.edu)
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(...) Ummmm -- I'll take 'em off your hands, and return half of them as gorgeous customs! Deal? Like I should be making deals with the woman who sent me two large black feathers gratis... A thousand thanks, O Great Lego Angel Maggie! -- Hop-Frog (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.edu)
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Yesterday I was at my kindergartener's end of school open house and I noticed two half full buckets of Lego in the play area, so of course I had to check it out. Wow, what a thrashed and trashed assortment! And then my son came up and very sadly (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.edu)
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Yes today was another good day for Mecha. Today I brought my big Mech-bot to New York City's Chelsea Vocational/Charter High School. Classes that participated in using Lego Mindstorms in the clasroom got to see what Lego can do and ask questions (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu)
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Well, my first year as sponsor of an elementary school robotics club is coming to a close. We just have the pizza party left and then weeks and weeks of re-sorting each Mindstorm kit ;) I learned a lot this year through trial and error. I started (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.edu)
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I posted the following under "Dear Lego" a few days back but in retrospect it should have been referenced here as well. I've finished this semester's lunchtime courses and am in the process of re-thinking this approach for next year. It strikes me (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics)
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Speaking of LEGO golf courses, here is one made by my 6th graders, with lots of pictures: (URL)These links don't seem to stick around for long, which is disapointing, but (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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(...) These links don't seem to stick around for long, which is disapointing, but here's another story on the same group: Iowa State U. students design Lego golf course (URL) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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|I am interested in starting a webring for web sites that primarily use |RoboLab. I noticed that there was a Mindstorms webring, but that the sites |associated with this webring mainly focus on the RIS programming |environment. I have found that the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics)
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from article: " Iowa State U. students use Legos to learn technology [...] As part of Iowa State University's "Preparing Today's Teachers For Tomorrow" program, Computer Engineering 370 -- Toying With Technology -- helps pre-service teachers in the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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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 (...) (24 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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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 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.edu)
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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. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.edu)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.edu)
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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 (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.edu)
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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.. (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.edu)
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Howdy, ....just posted a new class that uses LEGO elements! Check out: (URL) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.edu)
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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.edu)
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