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Re: help me spend some money!
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 11 Aug 1999 19:58:49 GMT
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berwin@tufts=Spamcake=.edu
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You have to get the latest version of the catalog, or just go to their website.
Also, if you are planning on doing any data-taking with the RCX (graphing,
analyzing graphs, etc.) you want to get the "e-lab" sets that are at the website,
and ROBOLAB 2.
What is your curriculum going to be like?
-Ben
Karen Gold wrote:
> I've missed something: What is TEAM CHALLENGE, and who has it? I can't find
> it in my pitsco catalog, but that's not saying its not there.
> Karen
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> In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com writes:
> > In a message dated 8/9/99 3:43:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > woodward@guesswork.com writes:
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> > << -However, the Dacta stuff tends to be much more expensive per part
> > than "regular" Lego kits like 9719, and storage is cheap. (Try the
> > WorkForce Organizers, available at Home Depot.) I strongly recommend,
> > before buying _any_ set of Lego parts, divide cost by number of pieces,
> > and if it's much more than, say, 30 cents a piece, reconsider. Mindstorms
> > is a bit of an exception, as the RCX itself costs $120. You end up
> > spending $120 on the RCX and $80 on the other 700 pieces, which is about
> > fair.>>
> >
> > Wrong again.
> > The Team Challenge set has the EXACT same piece count as the RIS, includes
> > storage, an alternate constructopedia that is related to an activity pack
> > (essential for a school setting) and includes both MAC and PC cables. This
> > set is the same price as the RIS ($20 with the discount from TRU). The cost
> > per part is irrelevant for a set if it doesn't work well in a classroom
> > environment. You may be able to justify buying by the per piece cost, but
> > that doesn't work when you have 20 kids using the sets every day. You need
> > some way of managing the materials and the activities.
> >
> > --
> > Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| Yes, I've seen e-lab in the catalog, and thought of trying to get one set in with my other stuff, but the grant was specifically for robotics (because I wrote it before elab came out....) and I want enough for a whole class. My curriculum this year (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: help me spend some money!
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| I've missed something: What is TEAM CHALLENGE, and who has it? I can't find it in my pitsco catalog, but that's not saying its not there. Karen (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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