LEGO® Mindstorms® EV3
LEGO® Mindstorms® EV3 is a set of building blocks and programmable components that students can build into various robots, designed to teach students different aspects of programming and robotics. This site contains building instructions, example robots, links to the programming app used to control their robots, videos and other materials to help students develop their robots.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6, 7-8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Web page |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input
AC9TDI6P02
Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI8P05
Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode
AC9TDI8P06
Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors
AC9TDI8P09
Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Robotics and drones |
| Keywords | Programming, Robotics, Building blocks, Sensors, Algorithms, Computational thinking, Robots, EV3, STEM |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | STEM |
| Organisation | LEGO Group |
| Copyright | 2016 the LEGO Group. May be subject to Copyright Act statutory licence. |
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