Goal:
Under the auspices of the Nick J. Rahall, II, Appalachian Transportation Institute, deliver innovative methods for learning abstract concepts such as math and science to K-12 students in public and private schools, using LEGO Robotics.   To discuss transportation careers with K-12 students to instill an awareness of transportation careers.

Objective:  To deliver an in-service workshop to an assembled class at Engineers Club
Explorer Post #2401 Huntington, West Virginia on February 11, 2002
 
Tasks:

1. The classes were introduced to LEGO Robotics in a hands-on  2 hr. workshop.
2. The 15 students each work in groups of two to five.  Each student, using a team approach,  assembled  parts of a city and transportation system using LEGO elements.
3. The RCX LEGO microcomputer was programmed to include motors, lights, and light and touch sensors, to design the city vehicles and transportation system.
4. Knowledge and skills achievement included designing and programming, systems thinking, technology evolutions, and problem solving challenges.
5. The interdisciplinary areas covered were: math, science, history, social studies, geography and language development.
6. The students were supplied with the website and knowledge and with teleoperation principles to drive the vehicles in the 24-hour digital simulated city located at the Rahall Transportation Institute at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.
7. Grade level - 9-12.

Instructor:    Mrs. Linda Hamilton
           Professor of Mathematics
                      Marshall University