Classroom Activities for the Busy Teacher: Ev3

Classroom Activities for the Busy Teacher: EV3 A 10 week curriculum package for implementing the LEGO Education EV3 Core Set (45544) in your class. Containing over 20 chapters that follow a planetary exploration storyline, you will be introducing students to the basics of the EV3 Core Set and gradually incorporating sensor and useful programming concepts. All challenges follow a similar structure with an overview project, equipment needed and Teachers' notes. Example programs as well as tips and tricks are included to assist the teacher and student worksheets can be either photocopied or downloaded from the website. Full building instructions necessary to construct the RileyRover Base design and all required attachments are also included. In addition to specific Robot challenges, the book also offers activities based around Robots in Society, Flowcharting and Multimedia Presentations.

Author: Damien Kee
Publisher: Damien Kee
Published: 08/09/2013
Pages: 146
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780648475309

About the Author
Kee, Damien: - Dr Damien Kee is an independent technology education expert, who specialises in bringing technology concepts to teachers and educators around the world. Focusing primarily on Robotics, and with a strong interest in other areas of Technology Education, he works to educate teachers on the benefits and relative ease with which technology can be embedded into their daily classroom activities. Damien has run his popular workshops for Teachers and Students around the world including: QSITE (Australia) Google Apps for Education Summit (Australia) RoboCup Junior (China / Australia) Tufts University (USA) International Robotics Academy (Jordan) King Hussein Jubilee Institute (Jordan) ATLAB (United Arab Emirates and Qatar) RoboFest (Singapore) Blast Games (China) He is the author of several popular Teacher Resource books and has been a Technical reviewer for several more. Damien has worked previously with LEGO Education as a trainer of a LEGO Education Distributor in Australia as well as directly with the LEGO Education team in Billund as a member of the software documentation team of the recent EV3 product line. He is a member of the MCP (LEGO MINDSTORMS Community Partner Network) which promotes LEGO Mindstorms around the world as well as being a member of the VEX IQ Super User group Damien is the founder and moderator of the LEGOEngineering mailing list, serving over 1000 educators who use robotics in their classroom. Damien received his Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) in 2001 and his PhD (Robotics) in 2007 from the University of Queensland. He became involved with Educational Robotics in 2000, when the RoboCup Junior competition was established in Queensland. Since then, he has been heavily involved with RoboCup Junior, running the National competition in 2007, serving as Chairman of RCJ Australia in 2010/2011 and being on the committee (RCJ Rescue) for the International competition(2009-2012).

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