Dear Bloggers,
5/6M, Y and H were given a speed challenge – to make and program a robot to travel as fast as possible in a straight line.
The lesson had 4 levels
- Build a robot with wheels using building instructions
- Do above then carry out own design modifications
- Design and build own robot from scratch
- Do above but add compound gearing system to the robot.
Needless to say the fastest results came from the level 4 achievers – but not without lots of rebuilds and ongoing design modifications. Some amazing problem solving happened and the tenacious and resilient students were rewarded finally by very Speedy- Bots.
Speed-Bot time trials
A very very fast Speed-Bot using compound gears.
Close up of the compound gears.
Thanks for calling by
Mrs Garlick