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Robotics Weekly Agenda and Notes: 2019-20

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16 - 20 March 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 16th Finish Capture the Flag tournament    DUE: Capture the flag robot and program with all 4 channels 
Tuesday, 17th      
Wednesday, 18th      
Thursday, 19th

join our new google classroom!

-see school email for Class code 

   
Friday, 20th      

 

 

9 - 13 March 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 9th Continue programming the IR sensor in prep for Capture the Flag
  • share limited resources with my classmates (IR sensor & remote) 
 
Tuesday, 10th preliminary Capture the Flag tournament 
  • be a good sport 
  • carefully observe my robot's performance 
  • refine my robot's software and hardware to perform better 
 

Wednesday, 11th

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redesign, rebuild, & recode your robot based on lessons learned from yesterday    
Thursday, 12th continue work on Capture the Flag software and hardware

 

 
Friday, 13th

Final Capture the Flag tournament (Mastery

  • bring my best to the table 
DUE: Capture the Flag robot  

 

2 - 6 March 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 2nd

(finish grading Droidsters)

Rebuild Driving Base (optional)

Beyond Basics (BB) tutorials:

#1: Multitasking

#2: Loop

#3: Switch

#4: Multiple Switch

  • program my robot to do two, or more, things at once
  • use a loop structure in my programs to repeat behaviors
  • use the switch structure to enable my robot to make decisions based on sensor input  
 
BB #1-4 (due Thursday)  
Tuesday, 3rd continue working on BB #1-4    
Wednesday, 4th continue working on BB #1-4     
Thursday, 5th finish working on BB #1-4    DUE: BB #1-4
Friday, 6th

begin programming the IR (infrared) sensor and remote

-this is in prep for Capture the Flag

  • use software and hardware that allows me to manually control my robot's behavior
 

 

 

24 - 28 February 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 24th continue designing and building fastest and most stable robot: a.k.a. Droidster    
Tuesday, 25th Prelim Drag Race (practice) 
  • be a good sport
  • improve my robot's design based on experience 
DUE: Preliminary Droidster  
Wednesday, 26th continue redesigning and rebuilding your Droidster
  • improve my robot's design based on experience  
 
Thursday, 27th Final Drag Race (Mastery)  
  • be a good sport  
  • stop myself from rebuilding my entire robot in the middle of a tournament and be declared a no-show
 
Friday, 28th

Finish Final Drag Race

 

  • continue to be a good sport
 
DUE: Final Droidster 

  

 

17 - 21 February 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 17th   NO SCHOOL!       
Tuesday, 18th

  NO SCHOOL!!   

  P/T Conferences  

  Noon - 4 pm  &  5 - 8 pm  

   
Wednesday, 19th

continue work on Round Table

 

 

Thursday, 20th

finish Challenge: Round Table

 

 
DUE: Round Table
Friday, 21st

L&D: Using gears

-design and build the fastest robot you can in prep for a Drag Race


  • calculate the ratio between any two gears
  • use gears to make my robot the fastest it can be
build the fastest robot, aka Droidster (rough draft due Tuesday, final due Thursday

 

10 - 14 February 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 10th

Continue Basics Tutorials:

5: Move Object

6: Stop at Line

7: Stop at Angle

8: Stop at Object 

  • help my robot respond to its environment  
Basics #5-8 (due Wednesday
Tuesday, 11th Continue Basics Tutorials
   
Wednesday, 12th Finish Basics Tutorials 

 

DUE: B #5-8 
Thursday, 13th

Challenge: Round the Table 

Color Sensor Test program

  • program my robot to carry the cuboid around a simple course 
 
Challenge (due Wednesday
Friday, 14th

Continue work on Round Table

 

 

 

 

3 - 7 February 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 3rd Finish Driving Base    DUE: Driving Base build 
Tuesday, 4th

Start Basics tutorials (open a new project: AB_Basics)

1 Configuring Blocks

2 Straight Move 

3 Curved Move

4 Tank Move

  • program my robot to move fast or slow and backwards or forwards
  • program my robot turn in different ways
Basics 1-4 (due tomorrow
Wednesday, 5th Finish Basics 1-4    DUE: Basics 1-4 
Thursday, 6th Challenge: "There & Back Again"
  • create a program from scratch for a specific purpose
  • program my robot to navigate a simple course with or without using sensor input
  • use sounds, display, and/or lights to help troubleshoot my program 
(due tomorrow
Friday, 7th Complete "There & Back Again"    DUE: best attempt at There & Back Again 

 

 

27 - 31 January 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 27th finish HW #5-6    DUE: HW tutorials 5-6 
Tuesday, 28th

Hardware tutorials:

7 Touch Sensor

8 Gyro Sensor

9 Color Sensor - Color

10 Color Sensor - Light

11 Ultrasonic Sensor

  • program my robot to react to sensor input 
Hardware tutorials 7-11 (due Thursday 
Wednesday, 29th continue work on HW #7-11     
Thursday, 30th finish HW #7-11    DUE: HW #7-11 
Friday, 31st Start build of Driving Base 
  • build a moving robot! 
Driving Base build (due Monday

 

 

20 - 24 January 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 20th  NO SCHOOL!      
Tuesday, 21st

-course registration info

-intro to class

-syllabus review

-begin Hardware tutorials: 

1 Brick Sound

2 Brick Status Light

3 Brick Display

4 Brick Buttons

  • begin to get familiar with all the parts in my robotics kit
  • keep my parts organized 
  • keep my files organized 
  • program basic Brick functions 
 

Hardware tutorials 1-4 (due Wednesday

 
Wednesday, 22nd

finish Hardware tutorials 1-4

video: how to start and save a project

  DUE: Hardware tutorials 1-4 
Thursday, 23rd

Hardware tutorials:

5 Large Motor

6 Medium Motor 

  • program motors to move in different ways
Hardware tutorials 5-6 (due Monday)
Friday, 24th

continue work on HW #5-6

 

 

 

 

13 - 17 January 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 13th Continue DBT of motorcycle 
  • respond to new design constraints
  • use a motor for something other than moving the robot  
 
Tuesday, 14th Finish DBT of motorcycle   DUE: Motorcycle 
Wednesday, 15th

BLOCK SCHEDULE: 2 - 4 - 6 

no class

   
Thursday, 16th

BLOCK SCHEDULE: 1 - 3 - 5 

Inventory

Drone Coding

  • organize my kit for the next student that uses it 
DUE: Inventory 
Friday, 17th NO SCHOOL!     

 

 

6 - 10 January 2020

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 6th

Continue work on Mario Kart Racer

ColorSensorTest code

  • make improvements to my Mario Kart based on my observations of its performance in the practice races 
 
Tuesday, 7th Continue work on Mario Kart Racer

 

 
Wednesday, 8th

Mario Kart Tournament! 

download code here

(it will end up in your downloads folder; move it to your Robotics folder)

  • compete like crazy and be a good sport 

 

DUE: ready-to-race Mario Kart Robot 
Thursday, 9th

Mario Kart Tournament finished

Design & Build & Test: Motorcycle

-two wheels in tandem

-can turn left and right

-do a figure-8 for 100%

  • respond to new design constraints
  • use a motor for something other than moving the robot 
 
Motorcycle (due Tuesday)  
Friday, 10th

Continue DBT of motorcycle 

   

 

 

16 - 20 December 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 16th

Mario Kart started

-build driving base w/ color sensor and 'bumpers'

  • code my kart to spin for 2 s when color sensor sees yellow
  • code my kart to speed up for 3 s when color sensor sees green
  • code my cart to go turn R/L when bumped on L/R side
kart robot that has the 3 functions listed (prototype due Wed, final due Friday) 
Tuesday, 17th Mario Kart cont'd     
Wednesday, 18th Mario Kart trials 
  • carefully observe my kart's behavior
  • make improvements in both hardware and software 
DUE: Run your kart robot through the course at least once
Thursday, 19th Mario Kart     
Friday, 20th

Mario Kart races

-race tournament (3 @ a time)

  • compete like crazy and be a good sport
DUE: Final kart

 

 

9 - 13 December 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 9th

-Individual brainstorming on Mario Kart robot game design (~10 min)

-Group design discussion of Mario Kart robot game (~20 min)

-class voting on remaining challenges: Tugbot, LineRacing, Motorcycle, Rope Climbing

   
Tuesday, 10th

Walking without wheels (WWW)

(get it? the irony? cuz we don't use wheels to walk?)

-two legged robots

-four-legged robots

  • figure out ways to get my robot to move smoothlystably, and quickly without rolling things 
  • design simple linkages to produce desired motion 
build 2 two-legged or 1 4-legged robots for races (draft versions due Thursday, final versions due Friday)  
Wednesday, 11th WWW cont'd     
Thursday, 12th Preliminary races 
  • be a good sport
  • carefully observe the behavior of my robot and other students' robots
  • improve my robot's design 
 
Friday, 13th WWW Race: Bring two two-legged robots to the race    DUE: Final versions of 2 two-legged robots or 1 four-legged robot

 

 

2 - 6 December 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 2nd Analysis Questions on Robot Arm H25    Robot Arm packet (due tomorrow
Tuesday, 3rd

Robot Arm H25 mods:

  -Swinger

  -Stacker

  -Scooper

(these are Mastery projects)

video: intro to using variables (4:38) 

  • modify the  software and hardware of an existing design to extend the design's capabilities  

Swinger, Stacker, & Scooper (due Friday)

DUE: Robot Arm packet

 
Wednesday, 4th continue work on mods to Robot Arm H25 mods      
Thursday, 5th continue work on mods to Robot Arm H25 mods      
Friday, 6th finish work on mods to Robot Arm H25 mods    DUE: Swinger, Stacker, and/or Scooper 

 

 

25 - 29 November 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 25th

-disassemble your current robot

-begin building 'Robot Arm H25'  

  • follow complex building instructions
  • figure out someone else's code 
build Robot Arm H25 (due tomorrow
Tuesday, 26th -finish building Robot Arm H25    DUE: Robot Arm H25
Wednesday, 27th  NO SCHOOL!     
Thursday, 28th  NO SCHOOL!! 
  • eat too much with my family & friends 
 
Friday, 29th  NO SCHOOL!!!     

  

 

18 - 22 November 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 18th

-last day to get checked off for BB #5-10

-continue FollowBot 

  • code an adaptive cruise control system for my robot
 
Tuesday, 19th -work on FollowBot     
Wednesday, 20th -finish FollowBot    DUE: FollowBot 
Thursday, 21st

Game Design

-individually or in small groups

  • design an engaging, fun, and challenging game for my peers using several of our hardware and software skills
 
Friday, 22nd Game Design Presentations 
  • persuade my peers that my game is worth trying! 
DUE: Game Deisgn presentation 

 

 

11-15 November 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 11th

Finish LongBot

Rebuild Driving Base

(postponing Game design until we learn some new coding techniques)

  DUE: Longbot 
Tuesday, 12th

Beyond Basic Tutorials cont'd:

#5: Data Wires

#6: Random

#7: Sensor Blocks

#8: Text

#9: Range

#10: Math - Basic 

  • use the red and yellow blocks finally!
  • send three different types of data (numbers, text, true/false) between blocks (#5)
  • use random number function (#6)
  • set motor power equal to light sensor reading (#7)
  • put together two types of data (number and text) and display on screen (#8)
  • program my robot to automatically stay within a certain range of a moving object (similar to adaptive cruise control) (#9)
  • make my robot do my physics homework for me (#10)
BB #5-10 (due Thursday
Wednesday, 13th BB #5-10 cont'd     
Thursday, 14th BB #5-10 cont'd   DUE: BB #5-10 
Friday, 15th

Challenge: FollowBot, or DiscipleDroid? Help me out with a better name... 

-stay within a certain range of a randomly moving robot (BB #6)

-the randomly moving robot will only move forwards and backwards in a straight line

  FollowBot: (due Tuesday

 

 

4 - 8 November 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 4th LongBot: build the longest robot you can that can still turn without breaking (use Basics #4: Curved Move) 
  • build strong and stable structures with Lego Technic piece
  •  use my knowledge of bridge structures for guidance 
LongBot (due Friday)  

Tuesday, 5th

(sub: no notes)

LongBot cont'd     

Wednesday, 6th

(sub: no notes)

LongBot cont'd      

Thursday, 7th

(sub: no notes)

LongBot cont'd      
Friday, 8th

LongBot finished

100%: longest robot, 98, 96, ...

90%: "curved Move" w/out breaking

80%:  turning at 50/30 for 1 full turn

70%: "straight move" w/out breaking

60%: over 24" long & moves forward

  DUE: LongBot 

 

 

28 October - 1 November 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 28th

Final Sumo Tournament

-single elimination

-best of three 

  • be a good sport
  • assess the risk of making changes during the tournament 
your best SumoDroid 
Tuesday, 29th

-dismantle SumoDroid

-organize programs

-begin Inventory

SOCCER GAME 

  • organize my hardware (541 pieces) and my software (several projects with several programs each) 
 
Wednesday, 30th -finish Inventory    DUE: Inventory 
Thursday, 31st

Game design

-make brief presentations

-class decisions on which games to do

LAST DAY of 1st Quarter 

  • design a fun game for the robots using multiple sensors 
  • analyze a given game for feasibility 
DUE: brief presentations on game designs 
Friday, 1st NO SCHOOL!     

 

 

21 - 25 October 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 21st

Begin designing, building, and testing SumoDroid.

Include:

-hunt

-attack

-defend

  • Software: program the following behavior for my robot: look for other robot, move forward when in sight, but don't drive off table
  • Hardware: build a robot with maximum traction so it can push hard, and not be pushed 

"rough draft" SumoDroid (due Thursday)

"final draft" SumoDroid (due Monday)

Tuesday, 22nd continue DB&T your SumoDroid     
Wednesday, 23rd continue DB&T your SumoDroid     
Thursday, 24th Preliminary Sumo Tournament    DUE: bring your rough draft SumoDroid to the table   
Friday, 25th redesign & rebuild SumoDroid 
  • improve my SumoDroid's hardware and software based on its performance in the prelim tourney  
 

 

 

14 - 18 October 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 14th

FlatBot cont'd

video: How to move your programs to The Good Place (2:14)

   
Tuesday, 15th

FlatBot finished 

Parent/Teacher Conferences

4:00 - 8:00 p.m in Big Gym 

  • build a robot with severe physical constraints that can still respond to one sensor input   
DUE: Flatbot 
Wednesday, 16th

NO SCHOOL!

Parent/Teacher Conferences

8:00 a.m. - Noon in Big Gym 

   
Thursday, 17th NO SCHOOL!!    
Friday, 18th NO SCHOOL!!!     

 

 

 

7 - 11 October 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 7th continue designing and building your fastest and most stable robot  
  • improve my robot's design based on experience 
 
 
Tuesday, 8th Final Drag Race (Mastery
  • be a good sport 
 
DUE: Fastest & most stable robot 
Wednesday, 9th

Beyond Basics tutorials continued:

#1: Multitasking

#2: Loop 

  • program my robot to do two, or more, things at once
  • use a loop structure in my programs to repeat behaviors
DUE: BB #1-2 
Thursday, 10th

Challenge: FLATBOT:

<2.5" high

-follow a line

  • build a robot with severe physical constraints that can still respond to one sensor input  
FLATBOT (due Tuesday)  
Friday, 11th FLATBOT cont'd     

 

 

30 September - 4 October 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 30th Finish Capture the Flag tournament
  • bring my best robot to the table
  • strategize with my team mate to make the best use of our robots' different capabilities 
 
Tuesday, 1st

Basics tutorials:

6: Stop at Line

7: Stop at Angle

8: Stop at Object 

  • help my robot respond to its environment 
B #6-8 (due tomorrow
Wednesday, 2nd

finish Basics #6-8

L&D: Using gears

-design and build the fastest robot you can in prep for a Drag Race 

  • calculate the ratio between any two gears
  • use gears to make my robot the fastest it can be
 

DUE: B# 6-8

build the fastest robot, aka Droidster (rough draft due Friday, final due Wed)

Thursday, 3rd continue designing and building fastest robot      
Friday, 4th Prelim Drag Race (practice)  
  • be a good sport
  • improve my robot's design based on experience 
DUE: Preliminary Droidster 

 

 

23 - 27 September 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 23rd

Continue work on tutorials:

Basics 5: Move Object

Beyond Basics 3: Switch

Beyond Basics 4: Multiple Switch

  • use the switch structure to enable my robot to make decisions based on sensor input 
Basics tutorial 5, Beyond Basics 3 & 4 (due Tuesday)
Tuesday, 24th

Finish work on B#5, BB#3, BB#4

begin programming the IR (infrared) sensor

  • write software that allows me to control my robot's motion using the IR remote 
DUE:  B#5, BB#3, BB#4
Wednesday, 25th continue programming the IR sensor     
Thursday, 26th Capture the Flag scrimmages 
  • be a good sport 
  • carefully observe my robot's performance 
  • refine my robot's software and hardware to perform better
 
Friday, 27th

Capture the Flag tournament

(Mastery)

  • bring my best to the table

 

DUE: Capture the Flag robot 

 

 

16 - 20 September 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 16th

continue work on Basics Tutorials:

(1 Configuring Blocks)

2 Straight Move

3 Curved Move

4 Tank Move 

  • program my robot to move at different speeds for different times, degrees, and/or rotations
  • program my robot to turn at different rates in two different ways 
DUE: Basics #(1)2-4
Tuesday, 17th Challenge: There and Back Again
  • program my robot to follow a simple course 
 
Wednesday, 18th finish There and Back Again    DUE: There and Back Again 
Thursday, 19th Challenge: Round the Table 
  • program my robot to follow a simple course 
 
Friday, 20th

finish Round the Table

Start work on Basics #5-9

  DUE: Round the Table 

 

 

9 - 13 September 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 9th

-review of HW #1-4

-continue Hardware tutorials 5-11

5: Large Motor

6: Small Motor

7: Touch Sensor

8: Gyro Sensor

9: Color Sensor - Color

10: Color Sensor - Light

11: Ultrasonic Sensor 

  • program motors and sensors 
  • keep my programs organized in one project 

Hardware tutorials 5-11  (due tomorrow) 

Tuesday, 10th -finish Hardware tutorials    DUE: Hardware tutorials 5-11
Wednesday, 11th -start building the Driving Base 
  • follow detailed building instructions 
Driving Base (due tomorrow) 
Thursday, 12th -finish building the Driving Base    DUE: Driving Base 
Friday, 13th -start Basics tutorials 
  • program my robot to move and respond to sensor input
Basics tutorials #1-3 (due Monday)

 

 

2 - 6 September 2019

 

DAY

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ACTIVITIES 

TOPIC/TARGET

(I can...

ASSIGNMENTS 
Monday, 2nd NO SCHOOL!     
Tuesday, 3rd

-intro to class

-syllabus review

-inventory of EV3 kits

-begin tutorials: Hardware 1-4 

  • begin to get familiar with all the parts at my disposal
  • keep my parts organized 

DUE: EV3 kit inventory

 

Hardware tutorials 1-4 (due Friday) 

Wednesday, 4th continue Hardware tutorials 1-4  
  • program EV3 brick status lights, display, sounds, buttons  
 
 
Thursday, 5th

finish Hardware tutorials 1-4 

video: programming HW #1 (3:34)

video: making a project (2:29)

 

 

 

 
 
Friday, 6th start Hardware tutorials 5-11 
  •  program motors and sensors
 
DUE: Hardware tutorials 1-4 

 

 

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