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The new Mindstorm kit EV3 and others

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Some articles I’m passing along sent to me by my girlfriend who’s running our FLL club this upcoming year-good stuff..

 

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/new-lego-mindstorms-coming/

 

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/modular-robotics

 

This article isn’t about the new robot, but it showcases some interesting (and very cool!!) real-world applications of Mindstorms:

 

http://www.popsci.com/category/tags/lego-mindstorms

 

Mindstorms EV3 info from Lego Education site:

 

http://www.legoeducation.us/eng/categories/products/middle-school/lego-mindstorms-education-ev3

Machines & Mechanisms (We can add renewable energy and pneumatics kits to these as the kids advance. Most suitable for older elementary and middle school/high school):

 

http://www.legoeducation.us/eng/product/simple_and_motorized_mechanisms_base_set/2068

 

WeDo (a lot of fun for elementary school kids):

 

http://www.legoeducation.us/eng/product/lego_education_wedo_construction_set/2096

 

Simple Machines (elementary school):

 

http://www.legoeducation.us/eng/product/simple_machines_set/2297

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Computer ed/coding sources for kids

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Below is a message from a friend of mind..

 

Check out the MIT program, Scratch.  Also look for Lego Mindstorm – expensive, but good for physical/mental aspects of coding

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/05/5-tools-to-introduce-programming-to-kids/

This the link for a recommended book about Python – great for kids – like haiku, so many ways to express your self using a basic format.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593274076/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1593274076&linkCode=as2&tag=boiboi0b-20

http://www.arduino.cc/

http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/HomePag

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