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RE: help me spend some money!
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Thu, 12 Aug 1999 13:10:49 GMT
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> My curriculum this year will be totally irrelevant. This coming year I will be
> teaching biology ( and believe me, this will be the blind leading the blind!)
> This is because we are shifting bio from grades 10 to 9 and physical science
> from 9 to 10, so this year we have nobody who needs phys. sci. Normally I
> teach physical science, which is watered down physics plus watered down
> chemistry. So I'm not sure how to work any of this stuff into bio, but I have
> to use it for something this school year, according to the grant, so maybe
> we'll just have a Play With Lego week, right before Christmas when the kids are
> pretty useless anyway. Karen
I hope by irellevant you mean there will be a curriculum but you are unsure of
the content!!! :-)
Bio, did you say bio? Here are some LEGO related bio ideas...
1. Actuators - how does the natural world move things? Hydraulics (simulate with
opneumatics, and no, dont get that thread giong again) muscles, tendons etc...
2. Sensors - how do insects see? or tell light from dark. I can see a scuttlebug
that hides from or is attracted to light.
3. Mechanics - how are joint problems solved in nature. Ball joints have 3 degrees
of freedom, hinges have only one...
4. Levers, how can we push and pull with our arms?
LOTSA stuff to cover there...
By the way, a REALLY interesting and decent read is Prof G.E. Gordons 2 Volume
set bublished by Penguin. It's still in print but a little hard to find. They are
1. The New Science of Strong Materials - Or Why You Don't Fall Through The Floor
2. Structues - Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
I'm not sure about the title of 2 but it has a lot of relevant info on the relationship
between the natural world and engineering materials, covered in an easy to read
style with LOTS of real-world anecdotes.
Hope this helps...
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) be (...) blind!) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) [snip] And THE work that can be used as background material for a BIO based robotics class is Valentino Braightenberg's "Vehicles". Its in print as a paperback for about $15 at Amazon.com. His writing (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Probably just me, but the first time I glanced over that I saw, "4. Lovers, how can we...." Made me do a double-take there... Guess that's what I get for trying to give up the mighty coffee bean. -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.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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