LEGO Technology Camp
Make It Go!
June 25-29, 2007
Rules
Sudoku
car from H instructions
teams of 2
build with instructions
change
Balloon
cars
sturdy
structure
drop box test
bump
car
Wind
Car
go
the other way
gearing and pulleys
rubber
band car
bounce
ball game
sign car
Snail car
The students built a car with Motorized Simple machine sets.
The challenges is to make the slowest car.
The G instructions and doing the gate in the H instructions gave a
start on gearing down with the worm gear.
Gearing down with the bounce ball game using 8 tooth gears meshed with
40 tooth gears in gear trains
made the car even slower.
The class at graduation
Sudoku was the pre class activity.
First we went over the LEGO Building Rules for the camp: Only
elements out of the set are in the model. Only pieces in the model are
out of the set. No pieces on the table at any time. ( This means
for example no dumping, no pieces in the mouth or on the floor nor
playing around with in hands. ) This material is to be treated as
science equipment not as toys. There is a place for everything and
everything in its place.
The class divided up in to teams of 2.
The first challenge was to build the car in the H instructions to see
how long the groups take to build.
The second challenge for the first day was to design a balloon car
to go more than one table.
Day two challenge was a sturdy box structure and the drop test.
The next challenge was to make a bump car go from the first line and
bump back to stop on that line. Then do the second and third lines.
Day three was wind. First make a car that goes with the wind
then one that goes into the wind.
Day 4 the class made rubber band cars. Then they made the bounce
ball machines to play the game for the last day.
The last day they make cars with signs that moved around when the car
moved.
But the biggest challenge was to make a snail car that went the slowest.
All through the week the campers built any of the motorized simple
machine set instructions that they chose to do.
