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Making things happen & Control. LEGO Mindstorms. A progression of skills and equipment: Early Years & Year 1 – Remote control equipment Year 2 & 3 – Bee-bots & Textease turtle Year 4 & 5 Pro-bots & Textease turtle/LOGO/FLOWOL Year 6 LEGO Mindstorms & FLOWOL Future – Raspberry Pi?.
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Making things happen & Control LEGO Mindstorms
A progression of skills and equipment: • Early Years & Year 1 – Remote control equipment • Year 2 & 3 – Bee-bots & Textease turtle • Year 4 & 5 Pro-bots & Textease turtle/LOGO/FLOWOL • Year 6 LEGO Mindstorms & FLOWOL • Future – Raspberry Pi?
Using LEGO Mindstorms to extend Year 6 • More open ended challenge based tasks following initial teacher input. • Good progression from FLOWOL software. • Children extending own (& teacher’s!) learning.