Junkbots

New landmark in the junkbots project - junkbots delivered by someone else. @STEMatUN Junkbots Challenge at the Discovering Science Day, which do you think was the fastest? pic.twitter.com/Dg7SisTSas — NevaBeast (@NevaBeast) March 25, 2015 For more details: on the junkbots project go to:  http://junkbots.blogspot.co.uk/   on the work developed and a case study can be found at:  http://www.hestem-sw.org.uk/project?id=16&pp=540  or   http://projects.hestem-sw.org.uk/upload/Junkbot_june_northampton.pdf  in-school session plan can be found at:  http://projects.hestem-sw.org.uk/upload/Planning_Process_junkbots_KS3_4_longer.docx STEM club session plan can be found at:  http://projects.hestem-sw.org.uk/upload/Planning_Process_junkbots_primary_short8.docx This and other posters at Engage 2013 can be found at:  https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/engage2013/poster-party If you would like to know more about t...

Junkbots training for University of Northampton STEM Champions on 23rd February 2015. Training lead by Scott Turner. (c) Linda Davis-Sinclair (c) Linda Davis-Sinclair For more details of the junkbots project go to:  http://junkbots.blogspot.co.uk/ If you would like to know more about the Junkbots project contact scott.turner@northampton.ac.uk

A new blog has been launched by Scott Turner  looking at Computational Thinking ( http://compuationalthinking.blogspot.co.uk/  - the typo in the name is there on purpose). As a blog there is not a particular target audience apart from those interested in Computational Thinking or problem-solving. At the time of writing so far there have been posts on robots, apps, and overview of Computational Thinking. If you would like to know more about the Junkbots project contact scott.turner@northampton.ac.uk

An undergraduate dissertation student is looking for help. James is a computing student looking at robot designs for primary education towards his dissertation and as part of the wider  Junkbots project , and the working going on in both the Department of Computing and Immersive Technologies, and School of Education on Physical Computing at the University of Northampton. The short questionnaire can be found at  http://t.co/zdomXnW2Qe  and is aimed at gathering  a variety of responses from both current Teachers, Students of Education and from anyone with knowledge of programming teaching methods in both Key Stage 1 and 2. He is planning to create a product which aims to teach programming methods and practices based on the current and new national curriculum. If you would like to know more about the Junkbots project contact scott.turner@northampton.ac.uk

A new Facebook page has been set-up to complement this blog:  www.facebook.com/junkrobot Please come along have a look. If you would like to know more about the Junkbots project contact scott.turner@northampton.ac.uk

If you would like to know more about the Junkbots project contact scott.turner@northampton.ac.uk

About - LEGO Mindstorms Junkbots : "The idea behind the LEGO Mindstorms Junkbots is to bring together the motors of the LEGO and use them to power the robot which is otherwise created from junk. The key aims of the project are; To give children at a KS2 primary school level an insight into what can be achieved through the use of simple programming. To provide a fun and engaging activity for children to be creative and design their own robots. To use the robots and programming software to achieve basic movements of the Junkbots. The original junkbots project combined the idea of using motors and vibrations to move the bots with limited control however the new project uses the idea of programming to add a further element of control and as such the simplicity of the self contained NXT device was decided upon as a branch of this. Aiming the project at KS1 and KS2 gives the opportunity to introduce basic programming from a young age and demonstrate just one of the interesti...