{"id":385,"date":"2025-12-02T19:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/?p=385"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:44:59","slug":"stem-robotics-and-lego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessp7\/2025\/12\/02\/stem-robotics-and-lego\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM – Robotics and Lego"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Merryn Burgess<\/p>\n

On Monday 17th<\/sup> November, we went on a school trip to Scalloway and had a fantastic robotics lesson with Eleanor!<\/p>\n

The lesson contained, us measuring the circumference of a robot\u2019s wheel, us slowly trying to drive the robot across a track to hit (but not knock over) a Lego figure and driving our robots along a shape!<\/p>\n

First, in partners we got a box full of measuring systems and had to care fully measure the correct circumference of the wheel (It was 17.5cm). Then we had to fill out a sheet. You had to times 17.5 by 1, 3, 5.4 and 10. Basically \u00a0if we rolled the robot 3 times it would have travelled 52.5 cm.<\/p>\n

The second thing we did (in the same partners) was, figure out how to make our robots drive towards a little logo figure hit it but NOT<\/u><\/strong> knock it over. Whoever\u2019s robot got closest to the Logo figure won a Lego man!<\/p>\n

Lastly, we had to come up with a unique shape, mark it out on the floor using masking tape and figure out a way to get our robots to drive around it using the app on the iPad.<\/p>\n

Also, we could make our robot light up and make noises!<\/p>\n

This was an amazing activity planned by Eleanor, Mrs Emslie and Miss Pearson. It taught us a lot of skills and we really hope that Eleanor can come to Whiteness soon for another STEM day!<\/p>\n

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