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Next Meeting: ParcMeeting20100822
Schedule
August 8th, 2010 -- 3PM to 5PM
Prerequisites
None. Feel free to bring a mobile base, and we may study attachments to it.
Agenda
The primary agenda will be... "Field Set". I received the "Body Forward" field set, which has a number of interesting devices on it. We will be building the Field and then interacting with it as much as possible in the time.
Details -- Field Set
- Building
- Break into pairs or triplets
- Build a part of the field set based on the diagrams
- Make sure the field item 'makes sense' and can be located on the mat.
- Interacting (after field is built)
- Study the field and pick an obstacle
- Think about what it might be for
- Create an apparatus (arm, pusher, etc.) that would work with the obstacle
Resources
- [Check] Meeting Location -- Doreen's house [location by email]
- Kids -- How many to attend [Maya, ...]
- Computers -- How many that are NXT-G setup [Mark = 2, ...]
- NXT Robots -- How many [Mark = 2]
- Cameras [Mark = 1+, ...]
- [Check] Floor space for running courses
- [Check] Projector
- Food, Drinks, Utensils --
Results
About 90% of the Field Set was put together. See some of the results at:
Those two remaining trays represent about 10% of the pieces that were in the box!