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During the week of July 14-18, Lenoir County Public Schools hosted their first-ever Robotics Summer Camp. Twenty-four rising fourth and fifth graders attended the week-long event that made headlines in both the local newspaper and online. Below is what one camp staffer had to say about the experience. "On the first day students were divided into teams. They came up with team names, built their first robots, and experimented with basic programming. Each day after that we (camp staff) taught new...

While assembling this year's Climate Connections Mission Model Set for shipping, three elements were inadvertently left out. The error was caught before any sets were mailed to teams, but not in time to include the missing elements inside the shipping box. Instead, a small bag with the missing elements is included inside the packing slip pouch on the side of the Mission Model Set box. The b ag will include the following: One 1x4 SYSTEM brick, white Two cross axles with grooves, red We apologize...

TETRIX by Pitsco is a revolutionary new metal building system developed for use in high schools! Designed by Pitsco, Inc. and sold by LEGO Education, TETRIX is fully compatible with LEGO Technic, the building system used with LEGO MINDSTORMS. A unique LEGO connector joins the metal with LEGO elements, creating a path for older students to complete more challenging projects while continuing to use the LEGO NXT Intelligent Brick as the controller. The metal system will be available in August 2008 for...

H.A.L.E. (High Altitude LEGO Extravaganza) is set to launch shortly after sunrise (PST) on Tuesday, July 29, 2008! The event, developed to help commemorate the 10th Anniversary of LEGO MINDSTORMS, will carry LEGO MINDSTORMS-based payloads into the Earth's stratosphere. At that altitude, H.A.L.E. will be above 99.9% of the atmosphere. The payloads will be exposed to extreme cold and radiation. The sky will look black and the curvature of the Earth will be evident. To learn more about H.A.L.E....

The science of compressed air has made a return to LEGO Education as pre-orders for the new Mechanisms Pneumatics Add-On Set begin! Designed to work with LEGO Education's Motorized Mechanisms Set , the new Pneumatics Add-On Set enables students to explore power systems, sequence and control, pressure, kinetic and potential energy, prototyping and more through the use of compressed air. The set and corresponding Mechanisms Pneumatics Activity Pack feature 14 principle model activities that introduce...

Recently we received an email regarding a student who attended a robotics camp in Florida. The camp featured LEGO MINDSTORMS products. The student was not very sociable or familiar with computers when he began the camp, but that was about to change. To learn how, read the following... I teach Electrical Engineering at Florida State University in Panama City. With the help of some friends from Dahlgren I was able to get some LEGO MINDSTORMS sets for our camp. I wanted to share one of our camp stories...