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lego Technic "class"
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Fri, 29 Oct 1999 03:03:38 GMT
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Hey, am I the first to post here? Cool!
A few weeks ago I started running a Technic building session once a week
for 2 hours at my daughter's school. This is an alternative school
(non-coercive academically) where parents volunteer half a day a week,
runs from K to 10 (age 5-16, for those not in N America). It's very
popular: I have had to turn kids away because I can't supervise more
than about a dozen of them at a time, not to mention fitting them round
the tables and having enough bricks!
I have bought a selection of sets (2 x Giant Model set, 1 x 3-in-1 car,
2 tiny Road Rebels, 4 bungee racers, a VTOL helicopter, and 2 Cyberslam
Spider Slayers for the parts and motors - I junked the manuals and boxes
before I even took them into school), I am loaning some of my own stuff
(pneumatics and motors) and will be getting some Dacta sets too.
The most popular thing by far is the motors. I have to limit them to one
each since we only have four: this is good because otherwise they just
attach a motor directly to each wheel! This way they have to work out
how to drive an axle from a motor: last session we had one very
elaborate chain-and-sprocket drive (the chain went over about 7
sprockets!) and a couple of gear drives once I'd shown them how.
They love attaching a beam or two to the motor shaft, sticking a Technic
fig on the beam, and whirling him round. This has been independently
invented by several of them.
Next most popular is the sprug shock-absorbers. As many as possible on
one vehicle <g>.
The pneumatic setup is also popular but because there's only one (which
is mine) so far, it's a bit limited. I'm planning on getting the
elementary and advanced Dacta pneumatics kits, plus extra pumps and
cylinders and tubing from S@H so more of them can play.
So far we've had 4 or 5 sessions and there is no slackening of interest
in just simply building (almost entirely their own creations, not from
instructions). Once the Dacta stuff gets here I hope they'll be able to
work with the project cards in those as well, for part of the time.
Anyone got good ideas on how to do things like introduce different ways
of driving a vehicle from a motor? Anyone else doing this? I'm having as
much fun with it as they are <g>.
Kevin
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Message has 5 Replies:
 | | Re: lego Technic "class"
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| (...) Last week I built a little non-robot vehicle using four of the new internally geared-down Technic 9v motors. Two of the motors were connected directly to the wheels, the other two motors served as human-cranked generators to power the motors (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: lego Technic "class"
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| Kevin, I've been thinking (ever since MindFest) about doing something like this for my son's 3rd grade gifted class. Did you develop a curriculum, or do you just let the kids play and offer help? What age kids take part? Do you have any plans to add (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu)
| | | Re: lego Technic "class"
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| my site has a slew of LEGO ideas: (URL) (this site is moving, literally, soon, but will be back up later) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu)
| | | Re: lego Technic "class"
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| two more links that i didn't post here yet: (URL) and Non-Robotic LEGO stuff, just like the LDAPS and CEEO site) and (URL) Mindstorms In Education site -Ben (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu)
| | | Re: lego Technic "class"
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| We're having a lot of fun with this Technic "class" I'm running at my daughter's school. One of the teens who do the sessions with me rushed back in after today's had finished, hugged me, and said "thankyou, THANKYOU for doing this class!!!!!" and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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