Monthly Archives: July 2013

Gender Differences in STEM

Posted on July 27, 2013 by JohnHeffernan

This is from a very interesting study that looks at how teachers treat boys and girls differently in the context of a STEM LEGO robotics project.  It confirms my experience that girls need to be involved in engineering projects all … Continue reading →

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Robotics Bibliography

Posted on July 16, 2013 by JohnHeffernan

As part of my book project and for graduate school, I am working on a research chapter for my elementary robotics book. Next step is an annotated bibliography but here is the non-annotated one for now.  I will post a … Continue reading →

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EV3 Woodpecker

Posted on July 9, 2013 by JohnHeffernan

One interesting project would be for students to create their own wild animals that mimics the  movement or behavior of a wild animal.  In addition to the open ended engineering challenge of building the robot, they would need to research … Continue reading →

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LEGO tm EV3 Woodpecker Robot

Posted on July 9, 2013 by JohnHeffernan

I made this woodpecker robot for an upcoming conference. It was made from the new LEGO tm EV3 robotic kit.

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