Friday, March 11, 2011

Robotic Legos Teach Elementary School Students STEM Skills


Robotic Legos Teach Elementary School Students STEM Skills

In order to motivate students you must create a learning environment they can understand and want to be a part of. What better way than using toys, especially Legos. Lego's have come a long way from just using them like blocks.

Lego's by Age
For ages Preschool to 8th I recommend using Lego Education website. It provides Legos in prepackaged sets to teach primarily robotics and a lot more.

Beginning with Robotics
LEGO® Education WeDo

Intermediate
LEGO® Education

Advanced
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education
Mindstorm site

Here is some Ideas about the Intermediate set used to teach Physics and gear ratios. Here is some ways to Use this set to teach renewable energy. If you click on select curriculum you can gear different aspects of the project to fit different age groups. Legos are perfect for teaching engineering.

Legos for Mathmatics
Legos are excellent for teaching math concepts like addition, subtraction, fractions, geometry, and many more. In an article called LEGO Math Activities By Teri Ann Berg Olsen she points out 22 Lesson Ideas you can use to teach math with Legos. She didn't even go into using Lego's to teach Scale Modeling, Perimeter, or Area. WierdRichard is a great site to look over for math subject ideas with Legos

Youtube like Legos are great for Learning. If there are still any doubts just sit down with a set of Lego's for 15 minutes and before you know it your creativity and creations will turn into hours of learning. The problem is you may find yourself forgetting about your other duties or goals.
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  1. Gayla S. KeeseeApril 11, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    I found this article today that I thought might interest you: http://tinyurl.com/3wxyjbg

    Florida high-school students build law-enforcement robot
    Students from two high schools in Florida have created a robot for a local police department that is capable of carrying items into crisis situations and pulling an injured officer to safety. The students designed and built the robot -- which can be operated from up to 500 feet away -- with some help from NASA and Kennedy Space Center mentors. The robot soon will be tested by the department

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