Mini Challenge (via MBMiniChallenge)
Is it August already? We had so much fun, we don’t want it to end.
Thanks again to Moonbots, including Google Lunar X PRIZE, LEGO, GeekDad, and National Instruments, for giving us the challenge.
Thanks to ViaSat for funding the mini-challenge, and special thanks to Saura for making it all so much FUN. See you next year!
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We built our Moon surface for the challenge, and it’s really big! We all worked together for over an hour just to put it all together, but we did it!
We also got cool t-shirts with LEGO plates and our robot mascot on them. It was fun to write messages like YAY and LOL and GO!
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We’re building our Lunar surface!
Thanks to the ViaSat grant, we were able to get all SIX ZILLION LEGO parts for the regulation Moonbots challenge board. The instructions were a little confusing at first, but once we got the hang of it we were building like crazy.
Video Blog 4: Parts and Pieces (via MBMiniChallenge)
We’re starting to build the components of our robots. This time we talked about how to move, how not to fall over, and how to find and pick up Helium 3 and water ice.
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More programming! This time we finished off our projects from the last session.
The girls learn how to program then the boys! (via MBMiniChallenge)
The girls are learning how to program using MIT’s Scratch! Such a great program to teach kids how the basics of programming. At the end of the video watch the boys learning too!
Thank you, ViaSat! (via MBMiniChallenge)
ViaSat is the generous sponsor of our Mini-Challenge.
Saura’s Racetrack Hat from The Orange County Register
Saura, our team captain, shows off the horse-race hat she built for opening day at the Del Mar Racetrack. It uses lasers (!) to spur the horses on. Who says technology can’t be beautiful?
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This time we learned about gears. How? By building with them, of course!
