MINDSTORMS LINKS

1. The Empowering minds web site at: http://empoweringminds.mle.ie/ has resource material posted by the teachers and pupils in the 13-Irish primary schools involved in the Lego Mindstorms project.

2. Main Lego Mindstorms site at: www.legomindstorms.com

3. Lego Education division for mindstorms: www.lego.com/education/mindstorms/default.asp

4. Mindstorms in Education: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics/education.html

5. Mindstorms Light Sensor Tricks: http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/lightsensor/index.html

6. Mindstorms MazeWalker: http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/mazewalker/index.html

7. Online list of related sites: http://www.esva.net/~byoung/robotics/robbook.htm

8. Online list of related sites: http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/

9. Technical site: http://www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/lego.htm

10. Mindstorms Not Just a Kid's Toy: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/pubs/spectrum/0901/mind.html

11. Harry Potter Lego creations:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NPNA/douglascarpenter/026-2156644-2757267

12. Shrimp Rover: http://www.mastincrosbie.com/mark/lego/shrimp.html

13. Robots playing Volleyball: http://www.robotbooks.com/robot-volleyball.htm

14. Lego Mailing List: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics/

15. Teachers site with many project ideas and tips and suggestions http://www.netlab.co.uk/robotics/

16. Some Mindstorms lessons and ideas http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8259/lego.html#Mind

17. Lego Dacta and related Lego websites: http://members.shaw.ca/dbrear/legowebsites.html

18. Related Lego Robot pages: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~csci445/LEGO_pages.html

19. Lego in schools in East Anglia: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/technology/2527875.stm

20. LEGO Robotics Invention WebQuest: http://education.wichita.edu/twitherspo/lego_wq.html

21. Lego Mindstorm's Lessons & Ideas: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8259/lego.html#Mind

22. Robotics Design for Teachers: http://raven.ipfw.edu/teacher/

23. LEGO dacta and Related Web Sites: http://members.shaw.ca/dbrear/legowebsites.html

24. Worksheet on using gears: http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/curriculum/activities/36/activity.html

25. Lesson plans and classroom activities: http://www.sln.org/pieces/knox/automaton/roboticplans.htm

26. Designing Intelligent Robots: http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/classes/100/index.html

27. Projects and ideas: http://www.pressroom.com/~wesm/mStorms/index.html

28. MIT ideas in pdf: http://web.mit.edu/6.933/www/Fall2000/LegoMindstorms.pdf

29. Info about Mindstorms in schools: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/08/04/magazine/mindstorms.html

30. Robot following a line, turning, differential gears etc: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/05/22/LegoMindstorms.html

31. Fred’s construction ideas: http://fredm.www.media.mit.edu/people/fredm/papers/artoflego/cliche.html

http://fredm.www.media.mit.edu/people/fredm/papers/artoflego.pdf

The Cricket, the prototype used to build the RCX: http://handyboard.com/

32. Pages from Media Lab explaining the idea of a constructopedia ( Papert ): http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/Projects/constructopedia/

http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/Projects/constructopedia/kego.html

http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/Projects/constructopedia/kego-thesis/plusch-kego.html

33. Lego construction equipment: http://telepresence.dmem.strath.ac.uk/jen/lego/

Useful book: Robot Builder’s Bonanza, 99 Inexpensive robotics projects

http://www.wkonline.com/a/Robot_Builders_Bonanza_0071362967.htm

34. Useful book: Robotic Explorations: A Hands-on Introduction to Engineering by Fred G. Martin http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0130895687,00.html