For our final two days of camp we put the kids up to an incredible challenge. We taught them how to code bluetooth remote controllers using another EV3 brick. That is a lot of bluetooth spanningn the room as we had over 50 bricks communicating.
The challenge course was a good one that required them to build and design their own robot, but with a twist. They had a partner so they had to discuss strategy between the two robots to attempt to achieve the highest points possible.
This challenge allows us to see them apply their learning from the first two days as well as give us a glimpse into how well they work with others. We provide them all of day 3 to build, strategize, and code. Day 4 we give them a bit more time before we do our final point runs.
While this is always a ton of work dealing with bluetooth issues, it is one we love to do time and time again. The arena is all brand new, but the using bluetooth is always a favorite activity for everyone.
Once again this challenge allows all levels of experience to have success. As you will see in the video we had all types of clever builds and strategies to achieve points. While not all worked, the ideas behind them were wonderful. What you don’t see in the video is their presentation. We ask them all to explain their build design, why they built it that way, and their strategy.
Our camp page has directions on the course build, sample code, how we bult a timer finish line gate, and more. Check it out!
https://sites.google.com/view/lego-ev3-camp-2019/days-3-4
Onwards to more camps next week!
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