Torax Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) Read the topic description. Guessed it? We built LEGO. Appearently LEGO has released (probably not recently) a set which is intended for educational purposes. It is called LEGO dacta, or eLab. I found it on Brickset, here. Our science faculty has ten or so of these sets, and for physics we got to build with them. The sets consist of mainly Technic, with plenty of gears, treads, strings and those bricks with holes in them. There was also a solar cell panel (as a brick!), sails, cables and a motor. There were instructions of how to build a simple car, a windmill, a sailboat and other stuff. There were also a couple of minifigs, for fun I guess. So I intend this topic for discussion about LEGO in education. Have you also gotten to build LEGO in class? Questions can also be asked here. Someone responsible can make this official if they want. (Not sure if there's a similiar topic already.) Go on; discuss! Edited September 2, 2009 by Torax Quote
Eskallon Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Hi Well in our ICT room we have lego dacta things but we have never used them. They are from 1999 and the teacher has some in mint condition inside the store room. Quote
HumanPackMule Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I went to a summer camp a few years ago where I got to use Legos to learn how robotic programming works. Quote
CP5670 Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I buy stuff from Lego Education (formerly called Dacta) regularly for my own use. The eLab set is one of many such classroom sets they have made over the years. These sets are generally more expensive than equivalent Mindstorms sets but can contain rare and useful parts, like the solar cell you mentioned, and they often come with special trays for sorting and storage. I've used some of their Mindstorms sets in a robotics club back in high school, but that wasn't really a class. I remember the school had also gotten a couple of 8455 and 8457 Technic sets for parts. Quote
Big Cam Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) Read the topic description. Guessed it?We built LEGO. Appearently LEGO has released (probably not recently) a set which is intended for educational purposes. It is called LEGO dacta, or eLab. I found it on Brickset, here. Our science faculty has ten or so of these sets, and for physics we got to build with them. The sets consist of mainly Technic, with plenty of gears, treads, strings and those bricks with holes in them. There was also a solar cell panel (as a brick!), sails, cables and a motor. There were instructions of how to build a simple car, a windmill, a sailboat and other stuff. There were also a couple of minifigs, for fun I guess. So I intend this topic for discussion about LEGO in education. Have you also gotten to build LEGO in class? Questions can also be asked here. Someone responsible can make this official if they want. (Not sure if there's a similiar topic already.) Go on; discuss! In science?? High School?? Hmmm. Wish I got to play with LEGO's when I was in school. Edited September 2, 2009 by Big Cam Quote
HumanPackMule Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 In science?? High School??Hmmm. Wish I got to play with LEGO's when I was in school. My school only had K'nex. *grumbles* Quote
Peppermint_M Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Our tech-lab had a variety of kits we hooked up to macros we wrote ourselves, fun times. It was a subsection of DT (food-tech, Resistant Materials and Electronics) the lab was a pretty awesome room. The CISCO boys had great fun mucking about with the kits too. Quote
Modulex Guy Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 LEGO Education has been around for quite a while now. I've bought quite a few things from LEGO Education, its a good source to find some rare and hard to find Technic pieces and other things too. Quote
Torax Posted September 3, 2009 Author Posted September 3, 2009 In science?? High School??Hmmm. Wish I got to play with LEGO's when I was in school. Yeah, I'm in year eight. Nice comments everyone, looks like my school is not the only one that is kind enough to let us play. :) Quote
CP5670 Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 LEGO Education has been around for quite a while now. Since the 80s, in fact. They even had a Mindstorms-type lineup based on the 4.5V/12V system back then, including touch and light sensors that never appeared in any mainstream Lego set. They also had a similar system called Control Lab in the mid 90s, based on 9V. Both worked by running off computers directly instead of having RCX/NXT type bricks. Quote
Big Cam Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 Yeah, I'm in year eight.Nice comments everyone, looks like my school is not the only one that is kind enough to let us play. :) A younging, well keep learning and keep playing with LEGO's. Quote
Buckshot Posted September 4, 2009 Posted September 4, 2009 Well, I'm a teacher, but the school won't buy me any Lego for my classroom. However, I do encourage Lego usage for projects the students make. So far I've seen MOCs for the play Julius Caesar, several castles for Hamlet, and a video made with Lego characters for the book To Kill a Mockingbird. While not everyone makes Lego projects, most love to see them. Quote
Torax Posted September 4, 2009 Author Posted September 4, 2009 A younging, well keep learning and keep playing with LEGO's. Hehe, I will. :) Quote
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