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Key topics covered in each course are listed below.
Simple Machines
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All five simple machines: Lever, Pulley,
Wheel & Axle, Inclined Plane, Wedge
· Experiments and experimentation
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Build working models of simple machines
Simple Machines & Other Mechanisms
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Gears as complementary devices to Simple
Machines
· Compound Machines
· Friction
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More fun with pulleys
Structures
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Bridges
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Shapes in structures
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How symmetry and shapes contribute
to strength of a structure
· Forces and stability
· Gears and crank energy
Energy I
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Energy & movement, more on gears
· Wind energy
· Balance, push vs. pull
· Friction
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Measuring
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Applied Simple Machines in energy
Energy II
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Crank energy
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Worm gear, wheel & axle, pulley
· Wind energy, rotation
· Forces and friction
· Stability, balance, structures, pendulum energy
Motion & Energy
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Learn about structures in robotics
– review of strength in structures
· How LEGO® robotics elements work together
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Basic LEGO® robotics “builds”
Introduction to Robotics I &
II
· Learn about structures in robotics – review of strength in structures
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How LEGO® robotics elements work
together
· Basic LEGO® robotics “builds”
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LEGO® motors and moving parts –
powering LEGO® robotics ·
Applied Simple Machines, Structures
and Energy in LEGO® robotics
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