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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.edu)
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Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:38C42409.2C1679...rve.com... (...) This brings up a point that I've been mulling over for some time. Has anyone put together a "How to do a LEGO guest lecture at your local school"? I've (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Linear Programming
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Misspelled URL corrected, below: (...) Miles Gentry (24 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LEGO Activity Binders
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I assume there is curricula within. -Suz (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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| | Linear Programming
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Not related to "robotic computer programming". For an in-class exercise using Lego or Duplo brick to illustrate the economics of linear programming during a one-hour lecture, you should see an article titled "Lego of my simplex" by Norman (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LEGO Activity Binders
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Is there anything in them?? I'd hate to think someone is selling an empty binder for $40 even if its Canadian money. -Rob. Suzanne D. Rich <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:FqM3pE.oF@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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I came across this sale while looking for something else on the net. LEGO Dacta DUPLO activity binders from Canada: (URL) anyone has seen these in person, I'd like hear what you think. -Suz (24 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Directional Transmission
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Serious mechanical builders should study these handy directional transmission devices. They rank high along with other nice sub-assemblies, eg, adder-subtractor differentials and shifting transmissions. You may use them in machines with or without (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Brick Layers II book
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(...) Wait till I pneumaticise them ;-) Seriously, I would make #1031 essential reading for all Technic and robot builders. The mechanisms shown therein are fundamental and will crop up time and again in various models. Enjoy! -- C S Soh (URL) where (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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Thank you for the correction. The set with parts has the ID #1030 but the building cards alone have the ID #1031. Weird. My mistake for not confirming the correct URL at Kevin Loch's Brickshelf. More importantly, now we all know that C S Soh dabbles (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) It should be 1031, here (URL) C S Soh (URL) where air is power (24 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) I can't find 1030 (or 9030, in case it was a typ0) at Briskshelf or Pause. Where did you find these scans, Miles? Kevin (24 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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You can learn basic LEGO Technic engineering and building from books. What do you know about the new book, ie, "Brick Layers II ..."? Pitsco's 2000 catalog has a new book titled "Brick Layers II: Creative Engineering with Lego Constructions" (Pitsco (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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You can also find Ben Erwin's worksheets and reference documents for gear (...) ... snipped ... (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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I have some stuff at (URL) of third grade, the activity that the third grade class that we work with did last week was "burgular". The kids set up their RCX's and light sensors around the room collecting data. Then someone came in the darkened room (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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(...) ... snip ... (...) For Technic building: See printable worksheets at (URL) sample lessons that might print at (URL) printable reference manual at (URL) a better printable version of it in Adobe Acrobat format at (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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I finally get started teaching in my son's 3rd grade class. I worked with students teaching them about gears, while my son taught other students to use the Mindstorms software. We spent two hours with 10 kids. I have to say it went pretty well. My (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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Thanks for the reply, I really enjoyed your book. My son (age 13) also enjoyed it. He's starting out using ROBOLAB, but your book has sparked an interest in C (like) programming. I look forward to a sequel. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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Sigh.... ... . How the $%^&* will we ever get smart, interested, technical professionals to really make a difference in the schools when they run into this. THis. This...! Sigh... I am using RIS1.0 on 6 old 486 machines with WIN95. The school was (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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(...) This one works for me just fine. Dw (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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Hello to all, Thanks for all those who wrote in with suggestions for how to get my RCX bricks to work with the PowerMac 5500s that I was having trouble with. Here's a summary of my experiences and how I eventually got enough working machine to teach (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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I believe Fred Martin ran into similar problems and the serial extension did indeed help. I think his write-up of the issue is somewhere on his site: (URL) Baum (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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I had a similar problem and suggested used the three cable method you mentioned with great success. Before I tried this I sent an inquiry to Dacta and got this response "There is an issue with some Macintosh serial ports that we are currently (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Educators: Vote for RCX and ROBOLAB over iBook!
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Go to (URL) click on the voting page. Robolab is up against School master, Site Central, and Virtual Language Lab, while the hardware is up against the iBook. You can only vote if you are an education professional and are familar with these (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Teaching robotics
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(...) I have been teaching lego robotics for the last year. I started last year teaching 3rd - 5th graders after school. This year I'm teaching a group of home-schooled middle schoolers during the day and I started a group at my son's elementary (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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(...) I've been thinking about doing exactly the same thing at my daughter's school (she is in 3rd grade). I was planning to follow some of the curriculum guides from Pitsco Lego-Dacta ((2 URLs) and follow the Robolab links to get to the curriculum (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | RE: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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Paul, I've snipped all of the text about how RoboLab and the Mac might not play nicely together. I have had great results with my own system at my office, and then when I did the tutorial at MIT, things failed miserably. I turned off the large (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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You could try using NQC (or MacNQC) and see if it works any better. I know in the long run you want to get Robolab working, but testing MacNQC would at least separate a Robolab-only problem from more general problems (serial port problems, cables, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Problems with RCX Robolab and PowerMacs 6400/200 and 5500/225
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Hello, I'm teaching an RCX-based programming class using the Robolab software to a group of 19 4th,5th and 6th graders. I've been trying to get the Robolab software installed and running on the Powermac 5500/225s and 6400/200s owned by the school. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | fixed links on gear math curriculum
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thanks to Terry for pointing out the bad links to images at my middle school site. they are fixed. (URL) are RCX and non-RCX LEGO curriculum ideas here, as well as "mixed-media" stuff between woodworking and LEGO, and also just straight woodworking (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | 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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(...) I don't think it is long enough by far. My non-robotics Technic session runs 2 hours and it's not long enough: I have them fighting to get in the door early and trying to pry them off the Lego and clear up at the end is... difficult. Most of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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(...) That's my posting so let me just qualify that your ambition will decide this question. If you make "guided tours" through the Mindstorms Universe - then you can of course do it in 1-hour steps. However, I think Mindstorms is at it's best when (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Teaching robotics
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I have started an after-school robotics club at my kids' elementary school. I will be spending one hour a week each with groups of K-2nd grade and 3rd-5th grade, 6 kids in each group, working with the RIS set. The school is a gifted magnet school (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | 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)
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| | Next Generation Forum
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Some of you may be interested in taking a look at Next Generation Forum, which is a networking project looking at creativity in learning. LEGO is sponsor for the work which however is not directed towards LEGO products as such although I am sure (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LEGO Research, HELP!
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(URL) site is changing hands soon, so it might be down if you try) -Ben (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu)
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