Robots at The Mind Lab

The second learning opportunity was presented by Damon.  Damon taught us how to programme a robot which looked like a remote controlled car.  The programme included 'events' to move forward, backward, left and right.

Did you know that all technology is stupid and can only work because we are smart enough to programme it?  We had to use our abilities to tell the robot what to do. We downloaded our program onto the robot and then used the remote control to direct it.   What things do you think that you could get your robot to do with your programming knowledge?


Our visit to the The Mind Lab was engaging, fun and challenging.  I hope we get another opportunity to attend a session there!  What would you most like to learn next?

Why would you recommend The Mind Lab to others?

Makey Makey at the Mind Lab

Rooms 11, 12 and 15 had the opportunity to attend two different learning sessions at the The Mind Lab today. Each year level worked together and were split into two groups and there were two different workshops.

One session was facilitated by Coco.  Coco taught her groups a little about coding and using Scratch. Coco demonstrated how to make a circuit using a 'Makey Makey' and how to hook up the wires to control the actions needed to play a game effectively making game controllers.




What did you find most interesting today? How would you explain Makey Makey to someone in Year 4?