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Activity Organizer: NEO ROBOTICS Email: neo@neoxrobotics.com Dates: Mondays Grades: 2-3 Cost: $800 Description: In this course students learn how to read and write a robot program as well as control a robot using Scratch/Block. Our detailed curriculum is effective for learning Block/Scratch fundamentals and robotics fundamentals. We shall cover Fundamentals: Students would know fundamentals of Block programming. Students shall use touch-screen or keyboard-based programs supplied by LEGO or other 3rd parties. Robot Parts: Students get a gentle introduction to components used to make a robot, Motors, gears, axles, obstacle sensors, camera, tilt sensor. Beyond Basics: Students would learn how to bring in modularity by using subroutines and modules, and loops which they would use to write more complex programs. Building a Neo Robot: Students learn how to build a robot, add motion to it, add sensors to it so it can interact, and finally program it using Scratch/Block. Using the skills that the students learnt so far, they would be challenged to build robots to perform some tasks. Students would be using PCs or iPad to program the robots. All or most components are using LEGO brick or standard LEGO kits. Required Materials: Device will be provided by the vendor.
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BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Lower School
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1500 Partridge AVE
Sunnyvale, CA
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