Lesson: AHS Robotics Engineering Challenge: Ball Sorter

Submitted by czawislak on 4 September, 2012 - 19:15
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Overview: 
The goal of this lesson is to provide students with an Engineering Challenge, the Ball Sorter, that will integrate all their new Robotics skills with manipulator arms and My Blocks. Note: a second light sensor (or color sensor) is recommended for this challenge.
Objectives: 

Students will be able to: 1. Explain the deliverables of the Engineering Process 2. Design and build a robot to acquire balls and determine their color 3. Write an NXT-G program using My Blocks to sort balls based on their color

Instruction Guide: 
Ball Sorter
Primary Instructional Material: 
Ball Sorter
Education Level: 
Middle School
High School
Scope & Sequence: 
Engineering
Focus Subject: 
Engineering
Robotics Hardware
Robotics Software
HW Platform: 
NXT
SW Platform: 
NXT-G
Interactivity Style: 
Active
Clone Of: 
Engineering Challenge: Ball Sorter