LEGO Mindstorms: NXT

Here's a little refresher on LEGO Mindstorms NXT. If they've been forgotten in a storeroom, be sure to dust them off and use them to their potential.

This website provides an introduction and tutorial to LEGO Mindstorms NXT. It is an instructional video that teaches you a simple build that you can run through with your class.

This is an advanced activity that will teach you how to use the line following program. There are many ways to complete this task and by demonstrating one way of line following, students can explore others depending on the patterns and colours they program.

There's some amazing inventions out there using LEGO. Check out the Rubik's cube solver.

Never underestimate the potential of "old" technology!