Paul Sutton

Lego

STEAM Bots July update (ish)

Work is under way to prepare the venue being used for STEAM bots for events over the summer. I am just re-using the photos I took, for now at least.

The Lego Robots and Arena are the OFFICIAL builds have gone on Tour. The video below is from a previous event run by previous owners of the kit Mike has obtained.

STEAM Café is NOT affiliated with Warrior bots

If you would like more information on what is being planned, Please CONTACT STEAM Café & Discovery Centre DIRECTLY

STEAM Café & Discovery Centre 13 Torbay Road, Paignton.

This is my personal blog, where I am just sharing some information as I am involved but cannot speak for the STEAM Venue or provide additional information.

arena 1

steambots 2

steambots 3

steambots 4

steambots 5

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#STEAM,#Lego,#Robots,#BattleArena,#Bots

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STEAM Café ski run 1

At the STEAM café, we now have a Lego ski run. This is made from Lego, which forms the bulk of the model.

Ski run

The actual ski run parts appears to be just plastic, however the rest is Lego, and is quite heavy, white to represent snow, and green represents grass or other plants.

I took this photo on the way to work, later in the day the model is now complete, so I will take and share a 2nd photo, and share here and on Mastodon.

One of the uses of this will be to demonstrate the relationships between friction and surfaces.

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#Model,#Lego,#Skirun

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Space Bricks from meteorite dust

LEGO creates 'space bricks' made from meteorite dust – Physics World

Interesting article from Physics world, on a possible construction solution for bases on the Moon. Lego and a team of scientists from the ESA have created bricks from material from a crushed meteorite and a few other materials

I have started a Fediverse thread on this topic to ask if this technology could perhaps be combined with Boron Nitride in order to provide extra space radiation shielding.

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#Science,#Lego,#ESA,#Space,#Moon,#MeteoriteDust,#Construction

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Code Club Electronics 15

I just found this, a way to connect the DC Motors we have at STEM group to some Lego, to make cases.

Could be useful.

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#DCMotor,#Lego,#Case

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Code Club 20/8/2022

The next Code Club will be on Saturday 20th August 2022 @ Paignton Library, we will carry on with what we are doing, mostly Hour of Code, block based programming, Scratch and the Free Code Camp responsive web design course.

We need MORE people in Torbay to come forward and run Code Clubs. Code Clubs could really benefit from working together too, so we can share expertise to benefit those who attend. We can then come together at STEM group meetings and share further.

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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch,#Python,#WebDesign,#Lego,#Coding,#Education,#LookingForWork,#LegoWeDo, #Replit,#Minetest

Next session

  • Next Code Club is Saturday 3th September 2022.

Please contact Paignton Library for details and booking.

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Code Club 6/8/2022

The next Code Club will be on Saturday 6th August 2022 @ Paignton Library, we will carry on with what we are doing, mostly Hour of Code, block based programming, Scratch and the Free Code Camp responsive web design course.

We need MORE people in Torbay to come forward and run code clubs. I think code clubs would really benefit from working together too, so we can share expertise to benefit those who attend. We can then come together at STEM group meetings and share further.

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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch,#Python,#WebDesign,#Lego,#Coding,#Education,#LookingForWork,#LegoWeDo, #Replit

Next session

  • Next STEM Group meeting is Saturday 13th August 2022.

Please contact Paignton Library for details and booking.

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Code Club 16/7/2022 Write up

It was fairly quiet again today, probably due to the weather. Nevertheless it was a good, productive session and attendees left having learnt a few more skills.

Lots of good coding with Hour of code activities too.

So very positive going forward.

  • The next Code Club will be on Saturday 6th August 2022 @ Paignton Library,
  • Next STEM Group meeting is Saturday 13th August 2022.
    • Part the plan for this STEM session is to look at the August Space Telescope Science Institute lecture about the James Webb Telescope lecture video.

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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch,#Python,#WebDesign,#Lego,#Coding,#Education,#LookingForWork,#LegoWeDo, #Replit

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Code Club 16/7/2022

Next code club is :- Saturday 16th July 2022. 10am to 12:00 Paignton Library & Information Centre

So more of the same,

  • Scratch
  • HTML/CSS,
  • Python.
  • Hour Of code
  • Computer audit, we need to figure out which PC's have issues, so I will attempt to undertake some of this during the session.
  • Whatever else we can do during the session

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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch,#Python,#WebDesign,#Lego,#Coding,#Education,#LookingForWork,#LegoWeDo, #Replit

  • The next Code Club will be on Saturday 6th August 2022 @ Paignton Library,
  • Next STEM Group meeting is 9th August 2022.

Please contact Paignton Library for details and booking.

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Code Club 2/7/2022

Next code club is :- Saturday 2nd July 2022. 10am to 12:00 Paignton Library & Information Centre

So more of the same,

  • Scratch
  • HTML/CSS,
  • Python.
  • Hour Of code
  • Whatever else we can do during the session

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Tags

#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch,#Python,#WebDesign,#Lego,#Coding,#Education,#LookingForWork,#LegoWeDo, #Replit

  • The next Code Club will be on Saturday 2nd July 2022 @ Paignton Library,
  • Next STEM Group meeting is 9th July 2022.

Please contact Paignton Library for details and booking.

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Code Club 18/6/2022 Write Up

Next code club is :- Saturday 2nd July 10am to 12:00 Paignton Library & Information Centre

So a busy session today. Before the session started, I set up a drinks station with a jug of water, bottle of juice along with some paper cups.

Today, attendees worked on Scratch, HTML / CSS, I also had two attendees complete Hour of code. I also helped an attendee with their laptop, in so far as connecting to a monitor as their laptop screen is not working. They left with an HDMI cable so they could at least use it at home connected to a TV or monitor.

I think hour of code is a really good icebreaker for sessions, esp as the theming for Minecraft, Starwars and Frozen should appeal to a wide range of users.

Lucy also dropped in with a notebook and a large lever arch file for the STEM group resources.

During the session the four netbooks were also charged. These will be used to help teach the GNU / Linux command shell and Shell scripting to who ever is interested, however this also links in with wider projects to help people who want to self host.

So some really good work today, people are already booked in for the next session. I am still working on getting the lego Mindstorms working.

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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch,#Python,#WebDesign,#Lego,#Coding,#Education,#LookingForWork,#LegoWeDo, #Replit,#OpenToEmployment

  • The next Code Club will be on Saturday 2nd July 2022 @ Paignton Library,
  • Next STEM Group meeting is 9th July 2022.

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