The goal of the aircraft carrier is to launch the paper plane in the air.
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- 01 Jun 2019
Some additional information about the aircraft carriers, if you think that you have the time:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier
Documentary video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0pS3Zx7Fc8
- Pick a starting position for the medium motor. How many degrees does it have to rotate in order the tires to touch the base of the paper plane?
In this task the goal of the students is to find how many degrees does the medium motor have to rotate in order to launch the plane in the air. In our case it's 128 degrees.
Afterwards, for the first task of programming and theory they have to show what they've learned for unlimited loop in lesson 3. If someone has slowed down before that, he/she could finish with the tasks here and simply launch the plane in the air by moving the tires towards each other with a hand.
In the second tasks the students have to figure out a way to detect the lever. In the program below is one of the possible ways to do it - with a wait block for a change in a given direction.
In the third task students have to complete the program - after the lever is detected, the tires move towards each another and the plane takes off.
In the bonus tasks students repeat pretty much the same operations, but backwards.
Detecting when the lever is pulled back and as a result the tires separate from one another. Put it in a loop.
You could find programs for the robot here: https://www.fllcasts.com/programs/t6kjfx-program-for-the-ev3-aircraft-carrier-robot-iknathir
Courses and lessons with this Tutorial
This Tutorial is used in the following courses and lessons
Level D2. "Seafaring". Robotics with LEGO
The eighth level of the Robotics with LEGO curriculum for students in third or fourth grade.
In this level, students learn to use the fourth sensor in the robotics set - the gyro sensor. The robots are modeled after boats, yachts, and ships. With the help of the gyro sensor, students can set a course for their robots to a given angle and can detect deviations from the course. In open seas, there may be sea-monsters and the robots are being programmed to detect a sudden change in acceleration with the help of the said sensor.
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Lesson 7 - Aircraft Carrier
Here is Iknathir - a LEGO Paper Plane Launcher. Just take a piece of paper, fold it to create a paper plane, place it on top of Iknathir, press the lever forward and the plane will be launched in the air. If you are not sure how to make a paper place, we got you covered! Just go to the following tutorial - How to make a simple paper plane. Feel free to experiment with the structure of the plane. How far can your plane go?
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[In Development] The fun level - Game-oriented introduction to LEGO robotics
A level, designed for introduction in LEGO-robotics, focused mostly on games. We use goal-oriented challenges to make the students want to accomplish a certain task, learning a lot in the process. Some of the games we have included here are football, bowling, paper-plane competition and many more. It is suitable for studens 8 to 12 years old, but even older students will have a lot of fun with the activities.
This is a brand new course that we are experimenting with in a groups in June 2019. Keep in mind that it is possible to use it for summer camps and groups, but there are a few lessons that will be improved on the fly.
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Lesson 9
Introduction
Today we're building an aircraft carrier.
Do you know what is aircraft carrier? Have you seen one somewhere? Where did you see it?
The aircraft carrier is a type of battleship. As its name implies, it carries planes. But it not only carries the planes. It also serves to launch them. Today's robot will do as the aircraft carrier and it will launch planes.
But where could we find those planes?
In Europe, America and Japan an average person uses 250-300 pounds of paper per year. This is a huge amount of paper and the biggest part of it goes in the trash. That is why today we'll reuse part of this paper and we'll make paper airplanes! This is how we'll help the nature while having fun! Don't forget to put them in the paper recycle bins afterwards.
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