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APS Robotics Semester 1 EV3 - Introduction to Gear Trains

Submitted by Kathryn Haughn on 22 September, 2014 - 07:25
Overview: 
The goal of this lesson is to give students some additional hands-on experience with the NXT kits parts and introduce the idea of gear trains (which is explored in more detail in the Getting in Gear lesson).
Objectives: 

Students will be able to:

1. Describe how the relative size of the gears on a crank and a wheel in a gear train determine performance

2. Relate the gear train behavior to the example of a bicycle on a hill

Instruction Guide: 
EV3 - Introduction to Gear Trains [1]
Primary Instructional Material: 
EV3 - Introduction to Gear Trains [2]
Education Level: 
Middle School [3]
High School [4]
Scope & Sequence: 
Engineering [5]
Focus Subject: 
Engineering [6]
Robotics Hardware [7]
HW Platform: 
Any [8]
SW Platform: 
Any [9]
Interactivity Style: 
Mixed [10]
Clone Of: 
EV3 - Introduction to Gear Trains [11]



National Science Foundation

Source URL: https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/3246

Links
[1] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/2959
[2] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/2958
[3] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/40
[4] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/41
[5] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/143
[6] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/focus-area/engineering
[7] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/focus-area/robotics-hardware
[8] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/target-hardwareplatform/any
[9] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/target-software-platform/any
[10] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/26
[11] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/2649