Lego Junior Training Course

Lego Junior Training Course (Module 1)

Age Group

7-10 years old

Duration

1 hour sessions, one per week

What do I need?

Live Online Training : A laptop, and a stable internet connection. The recommended minimum speed is around 10 Mbps.
In Class Training : We have equipment in our classroom, although you are welcome to bring your own robot, when we cover those specific parts of the course.
We will advise you on which robot to buy (@ approx R2500) if you want, but it is not a requirement.

Outcomes

Use motor blocks to control their bot
Program their robot to detect and react to colors and sounds
Control their robot with a remote
Build a robot that can shoot darts
Use gears and motors effectively
Build a brick-sorting robot and a talking robot that executes voice commands

Certification

A progress report will be issued after each module like this module.
After 4 modules were completed, and the assessments passed, a Competency Certificate will be issued

An Introduction to Lego Junior

What Is Lego Junior?
Why Was Lego Junior Created?
Who Is This Course For?
What Do You Need?
What’s in This Course?
How Should You Use The Tools?

Part 1:

Getting Started

Part 1: Programming Basics

1: Your Lego Boost creative toolbox

Speaking LEGO
Programming your robots
Let's build a Robot

2: It's me, Mario!

Building Mario
The Creative Canvas
Mario's first program

3: Getting around with Motor blocks!

There and back
Differential drive robots

4: Moving your robot precisely

Rotation sensors
The Drivebase Move Steering for Angle block
Visualizing angles of rotation
Moving a precise distance
Turning y a set angle

5: Repeating actions with loops

Traveling along a square path
Loop blocks

6: 'Hi, I'm an explorer1"

The LEGO BOOST sensor

7: Detecting colors

Color detection tips
Color Sensor Blocks
Building the Color Controller
Color Commands
Program description
Testing the program

Part 2: Intermediate Techniques

1. A line-following robot

A simple approach to robot navigation
The Switch block
Undertanding data types
The Compare blocks
MARIO:line-following version
Line-following with Switch blocks
Waiting for custom conditions

2. Following walls

Solving the wall-following problem
Using the Switch block
Using Start on True blocks
A smoother wall-following program with math

3. A voice-activated robot

Sound Sensor blocks
Clapper switch
Clapper navigator
Tilt Sensor blocks
"hey, put me down!"
Detecting a sudden hit
Light Blocks
Random actions
Starting parallel sequences
The interrupting robot joke

4. Taking a look around

Building the scanner head
Single-motor blocks
Using the rotation sensors
Scanning
Moving relative to a zero position
Resetting the scanner head
Making composite blocks
Making composite blocks with inputs
Editing and removing composite blocks
Navigating around clutter

5. Playing darts

Remote control blocks
Adding the Button Widget to the remote control
Making the main program
Using the remote conrol
Automatic shooting>

6. Building techniques

LEGO geometry
SNOT building
Working with gears
Getting gears to mesh well.
Driving the turntable

Part 3: BrickPecker

1. Brickpecker, a Brick-Sorting Bird

One motor for two movements
What you've learned

2. Programming BrickPecker

Part 4: CYBOT

1. Building CYBOT

Changing the batteries

2. Programming CYBOT

Making the composite blocks
Reset c-block
Resetting CYBOT
Explore program
Command c-block

Avoid disappointment