Battle Cry: Machine Invasion Begins

 

Appropriate for ages 9-16 years

 

About this course

 

Internationally acclaimed LEGO Education robotics programs are conducted by  engineers - experts in Robotics education for kids and affiliate of American Association of Robotics and Technology.

 

CURRICULUM

LEGO Robotics:

Course Topics

1. An introduction to programming and robotics
2. Output: display and sound
3. Moving the robot
4. Using mathematics to program robots
5. Sensors
6. Decisions and Loops

Course Objectives

• Enables students to build and program real-life robotic solutions.
• Provides cross-curricular opportunities in computer science, technology, engineering and math.
• Allows for creativity in design.
• Enables students to explore the world of engineering by building complex control systems.

 

Course Activities

• Assembling parts of a robot
• Assembling a gear
• Design and program the robot to...
  • Move forward and in reverse, accelerate and turn in circles
  • Brake at the exact distances
  • Run through a maze
  • Move when detecting sound
  • Stop moving when sensing an object
  • Stop moving when sensing a black line
  • Stop moving when bumping into an object
  • Move in a square only when there is no object in the vicinity using the ultrasonic sensor
  • Follow a dark line using the light sensor
  • Use the rotation sensor to count and pass the number of rotations on screen

Class size

No more than 16 students are permitted in each class, allowing quality attention by the instructor.