LEGO Technology II
Marshall University's Continuing Education Department is sponsoring Children's College from February 12 through March 4, 2000. The student participants are working through the LEGO "Miss Adventure" projects. The "Miss Adventure" story is one that resembles the story of Robinson Crusoe. Our "Miss Adventure" story begins with a ship wreck that results in the ship being left on a reef. The victims must leave the ship and reach an island that is conveniently near. Using parts of the ship, a raft is fashioned to float our heroes to safety. After making land, the survivors must continue to use materials at hand to solve problems and survive until they may be rescued.
Mrs. Hamilton, the LEGO Technology Instructor
works with a student building a model from one of the LEGO element kits.
In the next few weeks the students will construct models from the LEGO
kits and then will construct them virtually with LEGOCAD, a software program
from LEGO Dacta. The students constructed a conveyor belt to shuttle
food to the chickens, a crane to help in getting water, an automatic fishing
pole, a very cleverly crafted raft, and a vehicle for travelling
around the island. Next week, the shipwreck survivors will construct
more solutions to their problems.
