The junkbots project was carried as one of the activities at the celebration of two years of Lab_13 at Irchester Community Primary School . Three groups spent around an hour developing the drawing junkbots (an example of what one is can be found in these image). The session basic revolves around two main activities: - Showing that a motor can be made to vibrate and can they think of a way to use this and other materials around them (make sure there are pens/pencils around) to make a drinks can move. - Next stage is can they modify their robot to make it draw. Details and session plans can be found at: http://junkbots.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/junkbot-project-case-study-and-session.html If you would like to know more about the Junkbots project contact scott.turner@northampton.ac.uk
This is an initiative to mix sustainability, engineering and computing to students.