A few days ago I posted about the
week long Mayan Adventure project for kids. Christine has completed it and has posted plenty of writeups and pictures, including images of all the teams' versions of the robots used to complete the 5 challenges.
I am very impressed with the robots these kids created. Each day they listened to part of the storyline and then went about brainstorming how best to solve that day's challenge. The 3-dimensional aspect of it, complete with "stones" and Mayan glyphs, made it very entertaining, too.
I appreciate Christine keeping us informed on the project and I really hope the kids had a lot of fun. If you are a teacher or coach and are considering something like this, drop over to Christine's site for some ideas. And if you do a project based on The Mayan Adventure, please do email me and let me know.
A few days ago I posted about the week long Mayan Adventure project for kids. Christine has completed it and has posted plenty of writeups and pictures, including images of all the teams' versions of the robots used to complete the 5 challenges.
I am very impressed with the robots these kids created. Each day they listened to part of the storyline and then went about brainstorming how best to solve that day's challenge. The 3-dimensional aspect of it, complete with "stones" and Mayan glyphs, made it very entertaining, too.
I appreciate Christine keeping us informed on the project and I really hope the kids had a lot of fun. If you are a teacher or coach and are considering something like this, drop over to Christine's site for some ideas. And if you do a project based on The Mayan Adventure, please do email me and let me know.
Comments
Great story!
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Brian Davis
If I do, I'll write up how it goes.
Chris
The kids are puzzled about the last challenge. Our statue weighed just over 1.5 pounds and not one of the robots could get it to move up the ramp.
One team did put some extra weight over the wheels for more traction, and they discussed the possibility of using tracks. Another team did gear down to increase power, but nothing seemed to work.
Anyone else have some suggestions?
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Brian Davis