Materials List:
Sensing Your Surroundings
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/nyu_sensing_activity1
Each group needs:
- LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot, such as the NXT Base Set
- LEGO MINDSTORMS Education NXT Software 2.1
- computer, loaded with NXT 2.1 software and four rbt robot programs (see Attachments)
- Sensing Your Surroundings Building Instructions, one per group
- Sensing Your Surroundings Worksheet, one per student
To share with the entire class:
- demonstration items, such as a tennis ball and baseball, or the red and blue LEGO balls (included in the base set), and/or some audio files (see online website sources in the Additional Multimedia Support section)
- (optional) pictures of everyday items that use sensors, such as smoke detector, thermostat, iPhone
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