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Robo101 EV3 - Introduction to Gear Trains

Submitted by Ken Craft on 7 April, 2016 - 08:43
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]
Differentiated Instruction Material: Supplemental: 
Bike Gearing Video [3]
Education Level: 
Middle School [4]
High School [5]
Scope & Sequence: 
Engineering [6]
Focus Subject: 
Engineering [7]
Robotics Hardware [8]
HW Platform: 
Any [9]
SW Platform: 
Any [10]
Interactivity Style: 
Mixed [11]
Clone Of: 
EV3 - Introduction to Gear Trains [12]



National Science Foundation

Source URL: https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/4040?root=4034

Links
[1] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/2959
[2] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/2958
[3] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/3634
[4] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/40
[5] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/41
[6] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/143
[7] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/focus-area/engineering
[8] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/focus-area/robotics-hardware
[9] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/target-hardwareplatform/any
[10] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/target-software-platform/any
[11] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/26
[12] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/2649