A note why we give the challenge at the start of the lesson.
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- 04 Feb 2017
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Challenges come first, teaching comes second
Our philosophy is to make students feel the need to learn by giving them interesting challenges. Only then will they be attentive enough to what the teacher has to say.
Let students experiment
So, we first set the challenge and then let students experiment on their own. We let them try a few approaches and only then do we intervene and explain our way to do it.
English
As a teacher there are a few things that you should know about the Yo-yo challenge and I'll stop at some of them in the current video.
In our course as most of the time we first set the challenge then we let the students experiment with this challenge. So that they can try different things, different settings, different programs to accomplish it, to solve it. And only after that we try to help them. So, we guide them through the way but we don't give them the solutions before we set the challenge. So, we don't teach them, we first set the challenge and let them experiment. So, with this robot we'll again leave the students to experiment. We'll just set the challenge and we'll tell them Okay, you know how to use one block for moving forward, now try to think of a way to use more blocks and to change the settings of these blocks so that you can move forward, backward and like a Yo-yo. And they'll start experimenting, they'll change the power, they'll change the rotations, they'll change the sign of the rotations, probably minus rotations. But on the steering block there is no
direction setting. So, you can't just click somewhere and say this will be forward, this will be backward'. You have to change the number of rotations to a minus or you have to change the power. And this is something interesting that you should leave them to learn for themselves. Also, they can try with some of the other blocks that are in the pallet. They can try with the large motor or with the tank block. Just leave them. And when they are stuck, and this will happen in a few minutes, just let them continue with the course. But until then just give them a few minutes to experiment and some of them will be able to get the program working. Probably not as we've shown perfectly. But at least to some extent working like a Yo-yo.
Courses and lessons with this Tutorial
This Tutorial is used in the following courses and lessons
EV3 Phi. Introduction to robotics with LEGO Mindstorms
The things that you will be able to do with your EV3 robot by the end of this course are:
Freely move your robot towards desired target;
Avoid obstacles on the path of your robot using sensors;
Follow lines of any shape;
Detecting and picking up objects of any kind;
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Series of instructions make a program
The challenge is to make the robot move back and forth with ever decreasing distance.
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Robotics with LEGO - Level 1.0 - Adventure in Space
The first level of the Robotics with LEGO curriculum for students in fifth to twelfth grades.
Various constructions with robots are built. Learn how to control the motors so that the robot navigates around the Moon and Earth in various ways. Getting to know the first two sensors. The robot can feel its surroundings with the help of the Touch sensor and avoid obstacles.
The Ultrasonic distance sensor can help the robot avoid obstacles. Students work with concepts like loop, degrees and medium motor. Robots can now do two different actions at the same time - while solving missions on a field, the third motor clears detected obstacles.
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Lesson 1 - Moving like a Yo-Yo
Introduction
Today, you will get to know your classmates and your teacher, learn how the lessons are conducted, construct your first robot, and learn how to program it to move. The end goal of this lesson is to make the robot move like a Yo-Yo. How does a Yo-Yo move?
If you have ever owned a Yo-Yo, you know that it's meant to fall down and rise back up to your hand. But in order for it to move successfully, we need to move our arm in such a way that we provide it with the required velocity. Otherwise, it will decrease the distance on the way back up on each drop until it stops.
Try to make a good impression on the rest of your class, because you will be doing this course with them until the end.
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Level A1. Introduction. Robotics with LEGO
Introduction to robotics - The first level of the Robotics with LEGO curriculum for students in second, third or fourth grades. A journey in space, with robots. Various constructions with robots are built. Learn how to control the motors so that the robot navigates around the Sun, the Moon and Earth in various ways. Getting to know the first of the sensors. The robot can feel its surroundings with the help of the Touch sensor and avoid obstacles.
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Lesson 2 - Yo-yo challenge
Introduction
Today we will learn to program the robot to perform more than just one action, as well as program it to move like a yo-yo. Have you ever played with a yo-yo? How does it move? Did you know that from Filipino yo-yo means "to return".
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