Lesson: 20L ESR Introduction to the EV3 Robot
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Overview:
This lesson introduces the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robot and aligns it with the 4 characteristics of a robot (manufactured, computer-based, senses environment & responds to instructions), and identifies/describes its parts and capabilities.
Objectives:
1) Watch this video describing the parts of LEGO EV3. As you do, pause the video and open your starter bag to find the matching parts:
2) These next two videos from LEGO also describe the parts in your starter bag (you will level-up to the entire kit EV3 kit by end of Unit 4):
LEGO Unboxing Brick, Motors & Sensors Video
LEGO Unboxing cables (wires) Video
3) Watch these videos of cool robots made of from the LEGO EV3 (or the earlier NXT):
EV3 Rubik's Cube Solver (watch first 3:30)
NXT Sudoku Solver
NXT Paper Airplane Maker/Launcher
3) Answer these questions:
What are all the parts in the bag called?
What do they do?
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