Use this form to email a PDF copy of this catalogue page. Thank You for your request of Fundraising catalogues! Your fundraising catalogues will be delivered at the beginning of August. Meanwhile please don't hesitate to contact us via email.. Thank You for signing up for the "Modern Teaching Aids" newsletter! You will receive exclusive offers, news and advice direct to your inbox now that you have signed up. Toys, Kids and Baby» Lego 31313 Mindstorm EV3 click image to see larger view LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 has arrived! Combining the versatility of the LEGO building system with the most advanced technology we've ever developed, unleash the creative powers of the new LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 set to create and command robots that walk, talk, think and do anything you can imagine. Grab the enclosed remote control and take on challenging ready-made missions or download the free app and command your robot using your smart device. (Manufacturer # 6029291 )
Over 600 pieces help you create TRACK3R, R3PTAR, SPIK3R, EV3RSTORM and GRIPP3R robots, as well as your own creations Three interactive servo motors and color, touch and infrared sensors help your designs come to life Take on ready-made missions with the remote control or control your robot with a free downloadable app for your smart devices EV3 Brick is designed with an ARM9 processor, a USB port, a MicroSD card reader, backlit buttons and four motor ports Icon-based, drag-and-drop programming interface for convenient, simple use Requires batteries (not included)Q1: At whom are these tutorials aimed? A1: These tutorials were first used with School children and some of their parents as part of two-hour after-School parent/child sessions. If you want to let your students enjoy them, that is fine. Q2: What do the tutorials aim to do? A2: Let the participants have some fun making Robots, and then take the role of being a teacher to their Robots.
that the Robots will do just what they are told to do – which is often quite different from what they are meant to do! Q3: LEGO sells two types of MindStorms kits – which kit is appropriate for these tutorials? A3: These Challenges are meant to work with both the Educational and Retail kits sold by LEGO. In one case (the “4-wheel drive” Challenge), differences between the kits has meant that we have had to use a different approach for each kit – but otherwise the use of either kit should be fine. Q4: Why do you build Robots that are different from the standard "EduBot"? A4: Experience has shown that for our particular classes, the EduBot is not appropriate; the reasons for this can be read by Q5: Do you need any “extras” for these tutorials? A5: Yes – some (but not all) of the Challenges use “arenas” in which the Robots can “strut their stuff”. The arenas can be as simple as a couple of lines of masking tape on a floor, or as complicated as a piece of cardboard with side walls.
Some Challenges have “mentor notes” linked to the tutorial that give suggestions about where to locate the necessary materials, and specific details if you happen to reside in beautiful Southern Tasmania. is our aim to extend these mentor notes to all Challenges, when we have time... Q6: Why do you use so many videos in these tutorials? A6: We found that the younger students tended to glance at printed text and/or series of photos, and then look up to us and say “Well, what am I supposed to do?” In the subsequent session they needed a lot of mentor support. When we converted to videos, the students looked at the videos, and went to work with hardly any assistance - as mentors we felt almost superfluous (which was a good feeling for me, I'm trying to work myself out of a job - I'm supposed to be retired...) Q7: What are the advantages of using videos? A7: As noted in the answer to the previous question, the students seemed to feel more self-motivated - they were also typically quite proud that they had “done it themselves” (not quite the same as when we had had to spend a lot of time helping them).
The reduction in the need to wait for their turn of teacher/mentor help meant that individual team progress was faster, and there was less disruption caused by students “at a loose end” waiting in their turn for teacher/mentor help to reach them. This approach also turned out to have a side benefit in that it reduced the nervousness of mentor/teachers new to Robotics, as they could (mostly) see just what was meant to be going on at each step of the session, and it thus reduced the necessity of self-teaching experimentation before the Robotics session – something that most teachers didn’t have time for anyway! Video replaced the use of photocopied black-and-white handouts. This meant a small saving in printing and paper costs. also meant that we could use colour. Colour was useful in helping students identify individual LEGO pieces, e.g. there are some small connectors that look quite similar in small images within photocopied black-and-white handouts, but are easily distinguished in colour as one is black and the other is dark blue.
In practice, the use of video meant that less mentor/teacher time was needed with average students, and thus more time could be spent assisting students who, for one reason or another, were lagging behind the rest of the students. Q8: What are the page sizes assumed for printing out your Microsoft Word 2003 Mentor A8: We have assumed the standard page size for Tasmanian Schools, which is A4. Q9: What video player is assumed for your video files? A9: We have assumed the standard video player for Microsoft XP and Vista, which is Microsoft Media Player. (Nov 2008) testing these on Media Player version 11.0.6001.7000 on Microsoft Vista. The files are in "wmv" Q10: Why did you use "wmv" video file A10: I had to work with borrowed video capture devices (most of it was done using a "still" camera Sellotaped to a musicand of all the video formats I could produce, this was the only video format that would work on all the School computers used
by the students in the classes in which I was mentoring - and believe me I converted and tested a lot of formats! just a case of "What works, works!" Q11: Will these video files play on my Macintosh? A11: I don't have a current model of the Macintosh available to me (financial constraints forced me to sell my beautiful Lisa years ago...), but articles on the Internet (e.g. ) say that there are two options, "Windows Media Player for the Mac" (currently available but discontinued) and software called "Flip4Mac" that can be used to viewI currently have no way of checking the truth of these assertions, so I can't recommended either of them from personal experience, but other comments from the Internet state that Internet users have managed to get useful results from both of these software Q12: Will these video files A12: I always feel nervous when answering questionsI've used half-a-dozen versions of UNIX (of