March 27, 2002

http://www.marshall.edu/LEGOHamilton@marshall.edu

LEGOLEGO K-12 Math/ScienceProjects of Linda Hamilton

From Here to Mars and Back with Robotics and Group Problem Solving

SENSORSCITY Science and Math on the InternetLEGO robotics has gone cyber science.

The LEGO CITY at Marshall University is ready for remote sensing. The LEGO computers can be programmed over the Internet to run and gather data from you home or school. Run the monorail, have it remain at the station long enough for safe boarding, then move it on to the next. Data log the number and time of the stops. Keep count of the cars through the intersection, Do the entire information gathering without having to stand around for the count. Use the programming that transportation professionals and NASA uses. SENSORS CITY is part the Science and Engineering NASA Site of Remote Sensing (SENSORS) of Tufts University.

Mars and Back Time LineRed RoverRed Rover Davis Creek

School Board of EducationNASAPTA

Red Rover to other schoolsSpace Science

Star ShineNASA TV NASA SCIENCE

RoboLab programmingTransportation at Nick J. Rahall, IINick J. Rahall, IIAppalachian Transportation InstituteAppalachian Transportation Institute

SENSORSCITYSENSORSCITY

LEGO Dacta Software and Materials

Red Rover Red Rover Classroom projectsInternet connectionsInternet Rocket Launch by LEGO Robotics

RoboLabClassroom projects Internet connectionRemote sensing

SENSORSCITYRed Rover

In ClassAmong classesAmong schoolsTo other statesWith the world

RoboLabIn class small groupsIn class large groupSystems Engineering

Small groupsProjects coordinated together

http://SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu

LEGO Projects

LEGO Yellow Mini Sets provide providestudents a background for later models.students a background for later models.

http://boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/daviscre/LEGOsitemap.htm

The Wreck of theMiss Adventure . . .

The Wreck of the Miss Adventure

The Wreck of the Miss Adventure

Miss Adventure Presentation

To the 4th grade

Intelligent House With Control Lab

IdeasPlanningResourcesPeople working together

To arrive at Mars Takes

The Red Rover Mars Box

Red Rover, Red Rover,Send Students Right Over!

Red Rover

Mazes On Mars

Red Rover Pictures

Rover Pictures . . .

Rover Camera Pictures . . .

Addition to Rover . . . A New Arm

Armadale Primary SchoolMelbourne, AustraliaSaw Us Via the Rover Camera

Then We Met . . . Our Faces On Their Computer!

SundaySunday: December 13, 1998 5:00PM: December 13, 1998 5:00PM

8:00AM8:00AM MondayMonday: December 14, 1998: December 14, 1998

WVWV

AUAU

Australian Connection II

Australian Connection II

Australian Connection III

Continuing communication between continents

Our New Mars Mining Box

Red Rover

Early Remote Sensing IdeasEarly Remote Sensing Ideas

MIT MindFest

RoboticsStarter SetsCities and

TransportationOther

Starter Set

ROBOTS

Intelligent House and Robotic Amusement

LEGO ROBOTICS

PlanPlan

BuildBuild

ProgramProgram

More RCX Robotics

LEGO Robots

Robots and RoboLab

ROBOLAB Programming

LEGO Easter Bunny

Robot and Bunny

Group ProjectsSystems Engineering

Virtual Space CampWeeklong SaturdaysPractice for Red Rover Goes to Mars After school Play

Virtual Space Camp

SEM

Christmas Factory

Christmas Factory

Groups worked on parts and then brought it all togetherProgramming was a group effort

Christmas Factory Program

Cornell Mars Workshop

StarShine

Mars Millennium Project

Mars Colony

DC Mars Colony ‘99

DC Mars Colony Display BoxWith RCX

http://boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/daviscre/legositemap.htmhttp://boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/daviscre/legositemap.htm

Red Rover Viewed By Homer Hickam

Red Rover Goes To Mars

Inspiration of Homer Hickam

Continued Inspirationof Homer Hickam

Next . . .

Red Rover & Students Will Red Rover & Students Will Go To Mars!Go To Mars!

http://boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/daviscre/http://boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/daviscre/http://planetary.org/http://planetary.org/

Big Creek HighHigh School where Homer Hickam wentRobotics and Red Rover Internet connect with middle and elementary schools

Big Creek

Rocket LaunchPlanning with LEGO rocketSummer picnicRobotics and Red Rover to Big CreekRockets in classRocket Launch

ElementaryMiddleHigh school

Rocket Launch MoviePlanning with LEGO rocketSummer picnicRobotics and Red Rover to Big CreekRockets in classRocket Launch

ElementaryMiddleHigh school

LEGO CITYHoused at Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation InstituteSENSORSCITY NASA remote sensing siteRed Rover site

Transportation

At schools and MU

Remote Sensing on December 11, 2001 from Barboursville Middle School

Getting data remotely appeared to be easy for three groups of 6th graders. From their computers in their rooms, the students logged onto http://www.marshall.edu/LEGO. They checked out some of the pictures of what some of their classmates have done on the current year. They clicked the LEGO camera link to see a live picture of the LEGO CITY. Clicking on SENSORSCITY link, http://SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu, each group went to work. They made an account with a name and password they would remember, checked out the schedule and signed up for a time slot. Some chose programs to run from those at the site at http://sensorscity.marshall.edu/city/pages/vi while they looked through the pictures and descriptions of the scenarios. Others wrote or changed programs using the RoboLab they had. In one room they also watched and operated the CITY with Red Rover soft ware. See instructions to try out Red Rover at the City. The fun came in submitting missions to SENSORS CITY and watching the monorail move while watching over the Internet on the live camera. The little car models moving traffic. The data that comes back over the internet as a graph makes it much easier to compute the car rate.

Local SchoolsNick J. Rahall,II Appalachian Transportation Institute at Marshall UniversitySchools through out Appalachia

Transportation Workshops

Intelligent Transportation

Building Transportation Robotics from Afar

and at the LEGO CITY

RoboLab Programming .

SensorsMotors and lightsMulti-taskingStructures

Programming over the Internet

A car, a monorail and other transportation are available for Teleoperation at the LEGO SENSORS City since September of 2001. From the Red Rover Red Rover side you can operated the other monorail and gate. The live view on http://legocamera.marshall.edu shows the end of the CITY that can be programmed over the internet by RoboLab. Through the Red Rover Red Rover software you can operate and see the the view from the opposite side.

Red Rover Teleoperation

Install software for earth site or buy and use Mars siteCONNECT to Lego.marshall.eduUse direction buttons to operateRun programs

Programming over the Internet

LEGO CITY

SENSORS CITYSScience and EEngineering NNASA SSite of RRemote SSensing City Transportation

Nick J. Rahall, IINick J. Rahall, IIAppalachian TransportationAppalachian TransportationInstituteInstituteMarshall UniversityMarshall University

Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton hamilton@marshall.eduhamilton@marshall.eduhttp://www.marshall.edu/LEGOhttp://www.marshall.edu/LEGOhttp://SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu

Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation InstituteThe Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute (RTI) is pleased to announce that its LEGO 24-Hour City is now an official Science and Engineering NASA Site of Remote Sensing (SENSORS).

SENSORS is a NASA Leading Educators to Applications, Research, and NASA-related Educational Resources in Science Cooperative Agreement Notice. The purpose is to enhance K-12 science, math, technology, and geography education through Internet-based products derived from NASA mission content. With the use of telerobotics and LEGO RCX robots, students can explore and discover different environments.

The Appalachian Transportation Institute is located at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. One of the goals of the RTI is to provide quality transportation-related programs to elementary, middle, and high school students, with the express purpose of attracting students to careers in transportation fields. Each year, a variety of workshops are sponsored which enable students to explore the technologies and issues related to transportation in the United States.

The LEGO 24-Hour City at RTI is built around the LEGO Dacta RCX intelligent programmable brick. Using LEGO Dacta’s ROBOLAB software, students at RTI are able to program each of the city’s vehicles and traffic control elements. Previously,using Red Rover software, students at other sites could remotely activate the motors and lights on the City’s LEGO models and run set up programs. Now, using the Internet, students from anywhere can also program the City’s elements themselves and remotely receive information and data from the City. Linda Hamilton, mathematics instructor at Marshall University, working with Chris Rogers of Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, has designed the LEGO 24-Hour City at RTI to be operational for remote sensing. Many schools have remotely operated the City’s monorail, gates, traffic counters, and vehicles.

Programs like the LEGO 24-Hour City at RTI use hands-on, real-life activities that build interest in engineering, robotics, and remote sensing among young people. This interest will stay with the students throughout their education, and lead them to careers in transportation and traffic fields. A SENSORS LEGO Robotics Workshop was held at Tuft’s University on June 6-8, 2001. Marshall University, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Glenn, NASA Goddard and NASA Ames representatives planned their SENSORS site and programmed LEGO robotics at the Tufts University SENSORS workshop.

SENSORS CITY

SScience and EEngineering NNASA SSite of RRemote SSensing City Transportation

Nick J. Rahall, IINick J. Rahall, IIAppalachian TransportationAppalachian TransportationInstituteInstituteMarshall UniversityMarshall University

Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton hamilton@marshall.eduhamilton@marshall.eduhttp://www.marshall.edu/LEGOhttp://www.marshall.edu/LEGOhttp://SENSORSCITY.marshall.eduhttp://SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu