Grade 6 to 8
Advanced7 Days program [Jan 14, 2017 – Jan 20,2017]
Time: 10:00 am- 01:00 pm
Rs 10,000/-
Rs 6,000/-
What will your kids learn?
- Your kids will learn to build robots using Lego Mindstorm. Mindstorm is special type of lego units that can be programmed to behave as per the builder’s wishes.
- They will be introduced to programming in order to control the behavior of the robots that they build.
- They will learn to work together with other kids to overcome challenges that are present in the course.
Lesson Plan
Week 1
Day 1
- Introduction to Lego Mindstorm parts and how to get started
- Building the very first robot i.e, Joe-Bot
- Joe-Bot speaks and shows facial expressions
- Joe-Bot learns to move (Introduction to rotation, power)
- Joe-Bot learns to navigate
- Joe-Bot gets an upgrade i.e, add caster wheel for better movement
- Joe-Bot navigates through the challenging route to school.
Day 2
- Define the Challenge
- Build a bot to meet the challenge (Three point turn and parallel parking)
- Introduce Three point turns, parallel parking and reverse safely
- Parallel parking (Figure out and make a course)
- Angle parking (Figure out and make a course)
- Perpendicular parking (Figure out and make a course)
- Update the scores
Week 2
Day 1
- Build a bot to do the challenge
- Wait for touch
- Programming – Forward until touch
- Rhoomba challenge
- Arm position challenge
- Reverse using touch, and light indicators
Day 2
- Ultrasonic sensor
- wait for near
- forward until near
- backward until far
- maze challenge
Week 3
Day 1
- Color sensor
- Wait for green
- Forward until red
- wait for no red
- traffic signal challenge
- Automatic Headlights challenge(From Lego education site)
Day 2
- Loops
- Robot config
- looped movement
- loop with count control
- loop with sensor control
- container handling challenge
- Line detection using color (From LEGo Education site)
Week 4
Day 1
- Robot config
- Obstacle detection failure
- Obstacle detection
- switch loops
- until black line
- Obstacle orchard challenge
- line follower
Day 2
- Search 4 rooms and deal with situation
- fire – put out by driving backwards, color red on floor
- survivor – need to carry out of room
- collapse – navigate around collapse – color black
- empty room – analyze air sample by playing audio