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Robot Racing
What started out as just piles of LEGOs are now moving
vehicles that can travel approximately 16 feet across the
classroom floor. Eighth grade students in Rick Thompson’s
science classes spent two weeks before spring break building
vehicles as part of an engineering and robotics lesson. “I
wanted the students to understand how things get connected and
work,” said Mr. Thompson. “Plus, adding a little friendly
competition to it really got the students thinking.” The
vehicles were required to have no more than three motors and
programmed to start after five seconds. With double
elimination, the fastest vehicle wins the racing title. The
results: Julian J., Taylor H., and Tanner S.’s vehicle beat
out 17 cars to cross the finish line first.
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What started out as just piles of LEGOs are now moving vehicles that can travel approximately 16 feet across the classroom floor. Eighth grade students in Rick Thompson’s science classes spent two weeks before spring break building vehicles as part of an engineering and robotics lesson. “I wanted the students to understand how things get connected and work,” said Mr. Thompson. “Plus, adding a little friendly competition to it really got the students thinking.” The vehicles were required to have no more than three motors and programmed to start after five seconds. With double elimination, the fastest vehicle wins the racing title. The results: Julian J., Taylor H., and Tanner S.’s vehicle beat out 17 cars to cross the finish line first.