What benefits can you see in primary school students engaging with programming LEGO robots? Describe an activity using robotics that could help students learn a concept (e.g. variables). Discuss how you could implement and assess this activity in your future classroom.
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Created on Thursday, 04/22/2010 7:22 PM by CATHY-ANNE SCOTT
Programming with LEGO robotics in the classroom can help students develop creative problem solving skills in a collaborative environment. Projects centred on robotics can be designed to link authentic, real world learning experiences that integrate science, maths, literach and technology. LEGO robotics in the primary setting can also inspire girls and boys to consider maths and science related subjects in secondary school.
Students could incoporate a LEGO robotics activity into a school road safety campaign. By changing the power of the robot students could investigate and graph the relationship between power (deceleration/braking) and distance travelled. An integrated (Maths/Multiliteracy) assessment task could be to create a short video on road safety incoroporating a video clip of the LEGO robotics in action.
