Solar Cell
Availability: In Stock
Product ID: W979912
Product Line: eLab
Product Type: Parts
Description:
This solar cell is built tough to withstand student use. The LEGO Solar Cell provides sufficient power to operate LEGO models. Easy to connect.
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Renewable Energy Pack with Activity Pack
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Availability: In Stock
Product ID: W919681
Product Line: Homeschool
Product Type: LEGO® Sets
Number of Elements: 724
Level: 11+
Description:
Through building models of a waterwheel, windmill, Ferris wheel, and solar car, students get to experience renewable energy. The solar cell provides sufficient power to operate LEGO models. The activity guide contains several math formulas, and challenges students to consider the practical use of alternative energy sources.
Renewable Energy Pack with Activity Pack includes:
- eLAB Renewable Energy Set
- Activity Pack
- eLAB User Guide
eLAB Renewable Energy Set
The eLAB Renewable Energy Set helps students achieve an understanding of how energy is developed from the Sun, wind, and water. Solar energy can be captured by the LEGO Solar Cell and used to power a model Ferris wheel, solar car, or test car. Or, your students can watch wind or water energy in action by creating a windmill or watermill.
There are 724 elements, including a gear motor, yellow gear block, capacitor, and long and short leads. Includes three different building instructions for each source of energy.
Activity Pack
This black-and-white activity pack for the eLAB Renewable Energy Set includes worksheets supporting experiments and project work with all three renewable energy sources, as well as the teacher notes from the eLAB Renewable Energy Set.
Suitable for homeschool use.
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Pneumatic Cylinder
Availability: In Stock
Product ID: W970118
Product Line: Parts
Product Type: Parts
Number of Elements: 2
Description:
Cylinders may vary slightly in shape and color. Functionality is exactly the same.
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Pneumatic Tubing
Availability: In Stock
Product ID: W970119
Product Line: Parts
Product Type: Parts
Number of Elements: 2
Size: Gray tubing 42" long, Black tubing 27" long
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Pneumatic Switch (W970663)
$10.00
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Pole Reversing Switch (W970653)
$10.00
Pneumatic Hand Pump (W970117)
$10.00
Pneumatic T-Pieces (W970110)
$10.00
Maglev Vehicles – Getting Started Package
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Availability: In Stock
Product ID: W726612
Product Line: Getting Started Packs
Product Type: Multi-Student Packs
Students Served: 25
Description:
Everyone in the class has a shot at levitation with our Maglev GS Package. The pack has enough materials for 25 students, including 25 car templates, 25 precut card stock bases, 100 ceramic magnets, a Maglev Track, and a Dr. Zoon Maglev Video.
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LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT-G Programming Guide
Availability: In Stock
Product ID: W991385
Product Type: Books
Author: James Floyd Kelly
Number of Pages: 196
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1590598717
Copyright: July 2007
Publisher: Apress
Description:
An excellent guide for the beginner programmer, the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming Guide walks you through the basics needed to understand the drag-and-drop programming environment that is NXT. This book is the perfect reference for using the software to its maximum potential and is written for all audiences – kids, teachers, parents, and coaches.
The key to creating the best programs for your robots is knowing the ins and outs of each and every block. Jim Kelly does an excellent job of explaining all 36 basic programming blocks and the My Block, which allows you to create your own blocks. By the time you finish this book, you will be able to better organize your thoughts, allowing you to create programs that require less troubleshooting.
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Science & Technology Set
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Availability: In Stock
Product ID: W979632
Product Line: LEGO® MINDSTORMS® for Schools
Product Type: LEGO® Sets
Number of Elements: 352
Level: 8+
Description:
The Science & Technology Set presents students with 12 different models that are designed to be built by teams of two. Teamwork is essential with the Science & Technology Set, as two building guides for each model are included – one for student A and one for student B. Each student assembles part of the model and then the two parts are joined to complete the building aspects of the project. The models demonstrate various physical science and technology concepts, including forces and motion, simple machines, measurement, energy, magnetism, and more. The set contains 352 LEGO® TECHNIC elements and building instructions for 12 models, all in a sturdy storage bin that includes a sorting tray. The set is appropriate for 4th grade and up.
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Elementary Engineering I Teacher's Guide (W991257)
$30.00
Elementary Engineering I Teacher's Guide & Workbook
Availability: In Stock
Product ID: W991272
Product Line: Homeschool
Product Type: Teacher Resources
Number of Lessons: 14 units
Author: K.K. Quah
Pages: 63 pages each
Publisher: Technology Learning Classer for Kids
Binding: Paperback
Description:
The Elementary Engineering Workbook and Teacher Guide are designed to teach students the basic concepts of simple machines through clear, friendly language and plenty of illustrations and diagrams. With approximately 15 hours of activities, the workbook partners with the LEGO Education Motorized Simple Machines Set to provide a simple machines unit applicable to the classroom. The workbook explains and demonstrates the basic concepts behind structures and forces, levers, wheels and axles, gears, and pulleys, and then provides problems to solve that are fun and engaging. The teacher's guide provides objectives for each lesson and offers lesson plans for the activities, and also provides answer keys for all activities in the student workbook. Includes one workbook and one Teacher Guide.
Suitable for homeschool use.
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lementary Engineering II Teacher's Guide (W991314)
$30.00
Elementary Engineering II Workbook (W991313)
$8.00
Motorized Simple Machines Set (W979645)
$112.95
Gears Teacher Guide (W779620)
$7.00
The Big Picture: Pulleys/Wheels & Axles Teacher Pack (W991167)
$49.00
Pulleys Teacher Guide (W779624)
$7.00
Wheels and Axles Teacher Guide (W779626)
$7.00
Crazy Action Contraptions (W756183)
$19.95
Brick Layers II: Creative Engineering with LEGO® Constructions (W990244)
$39.95
The Big Picture: Gears/Levers Teacher Pack (W991168)
$49.00
Rube Goldberg: Inventions (W757881)
$25.00
Simple Machines Software (W756099)
$229.00
The New Way Things Work Book (W756435)
$35.00
Gizmos & Gadgets (W757704)
$12.95
How Stuff Works 4.0 Software (W759662)
$49.95
Problem Solving like a Scientist Poster (W756194)
$2.95