Lego Mindstorms
Lego Mindstorms 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 |
| 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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