FIRST LEGO League

Weeks 27 and 28

Monday 4/20/20

I hope that everybody is doing well.

8th grade Programmers, please email me with your programs by Thursday 4 pm.

Drone competition people, I did not get everyone's start to the Essay Introduction on Friday. Your Timeline is due on
Tuesday, and I would like to see a start to the design spec sheet by Friday.

All other students, we will be working on CoderZ, which is being donated free by Amazon during school closings.

You MUST BE IN CHROME to use this.

Click here to join my CoderZ class, and finish registering. If the link doesn't open
try right click - open in new tab. You will have to give a parent's email to get permission to use it.

Look at the Intro to STEM and CoderZ

Find out how to make the Drive Block work (new language, remember)

Complete the Getting Started Pack

Go through the Basic Navigation instructions

See if you can complete missions 1-9 of the Basic Navigation Pack.

You can log in to an online chat meeting if you want to talk
to me and whoever else logs in, between 10:30 and 11:30 am on Thursday.

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Monday 4/13/20

I hope you had a restful weekend.

I will only be giving one assignment this week.

8th grade programmers - turn in a program, preferably one that takes you about 20 minutes, not 5 minutes.

Teams doing Drone Design - Go to this page.

Assignment 1

Part 2 - Gear Ratios

Watch these videos:..........

..............Gear Ratios Part 1

..............Gear Ratios Part 2

..............Gear Ratios Part 3

..............Gear Ratios Part 4

Go through this Gear Ratio Power Point.

Watch this video - pay attention to the comments about 'Speed multiplier' and 'Torque multiplier'.

Speed multiplier means that the gear train is gearing up, so the robot moves faster.

Torque multiplier means that the gear train is gearing down, so the robot has more torque (strength).

This page has more information about compound gear trains.

Go to your SCHOOL Google drive, and do the Gear Ratio assignment you'll find in 'Shared with me'.

You can log in to an online chat meeting if you want to talk
to me and whoever else logs in, between 10:30 and 11:30 am on Thursday.