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How to Teach with LEGO WeDo at Primary School

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Robotics in Education

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 457))

Abstract

In this paper we present a set of activities with robotics kit Lego WeDo. Activities are designed for ordinary pupils of the third and fourth grade of primary school, and not only for robotic fans. We briefly describe every task of each activity. These eight activities are iteratively confirmed sequence which we recommend to use for familiarization with the elements of the kit and also software. Set of activities and recommendations to them is the result of several iterative verifications and editing, based on observations of teaching according to our materials during informatics lessons. These activities follow the requirements of our national education program and develop several 21st century skills for successful life.

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Notes

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    so far only in Slovak version.

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    are derived mainly from the skills for the 21st century skills [12, 13].

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    The shape repeat command appears in the end of activities only and not every pupil necessarily manages to go through all of the activities.

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    Available at Lego Education page: https://education.lego.com/en-us/lesi/support/product-support/wedo/wedo-base-set-9580/building-instructions.

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, 842 48, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Karolína Mayerové & Michaela Veselovská

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  1. (PRIA), Practical Robotics Institute Austria (PRIA), Vienna, Austria

    Munir Merdan

  2. Practical Robotics Institute Austria , Vienna, Austria

    Wilfried Lepuschitz

  3. Practical Robotics Institute Austria , Vienna, Austria

    Gottfried Koppensteiner

  4. URPI FEI STU , Bratislava, Slovakia

    Richard Balogh

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Mayerové, K., Veselovská, M. (2017). How to Teach with LEGO WeDo at Primary School. In: Merdan, M., Lepuschitz, W., Koppensteiner, G., Balogh, R. (eds) Robotics in Education. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 457. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42975-5_5

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