1st Grade students attempted to make windmills using LEGO bricks. The windmills were hooked up to a teacher-programed LEGO brick that would turn on more lights - depending on how fast the windmills turned. Our wind source was the office fan.

This steering wheel uses the HiTechnic accelerometer to determine the angle and send it to another NXT car over the bluetooth. The motor acts as a speed controller.

This lesson plan and student "journal" page ask students to design and build moveable models of animal structures. A rubric is included for students to use to critique their models.

Students will program an ROV (RCX vehicle) that will travel from Earth to an assigned planet.

Lesson Objectives:
* Program a RCX ROV to travel from Earth to an assigned planet.
* Use this activity to learn about the solar system.


Materials ...

Using beams, connector pegs, and craft materials (such as foam and glue), students create a handle for a stamper. Students will need to build the handle and attach the foam shape. Students test it out by using ink and putting a stamp on paper.

In this activity students will construct a tower that is at least 4-6 inches high. The tower must withstand first the weight of a stack of books, then themselves and then you.
Concepts: 1) building
2) sturdiness

Learning Objective:
Build a robotic NXT LEGO car equipped with a light sensor and program it to drive at a speed based on the light sensor input.

Student Challenge:
Build and program a two-motor car equipped with a light sensor. The car should drive forward and will ha...

In my physics class, the students modified their "Going the Distance" robots to push on a ball. This was an opening activity for my "Force and Motion" unit. We used some fabric taped to the floor as a hole.

In a first grade class, students built cars using motors, pulleys and basic bricks. They added plows to the front to clear the "snow".

In this lesson, students will design and build a wheelchair that can hold a load about the size of a water bottle. Students will build their wheel chairs using the engineering design process and must follow specific design requirements.

This is part of the curriculum unit “Robot...