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Teach Engineering: What Are Gears? What Do They Do? Lesson PlanTeach Engineering: What Are Gears? What Do They Do? Lesson Plan
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Teach Engineering: What Are Gears? What Do They Do?

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Students are introduced to an important engineering element- the gear. This prepares them to apply this knowledge in four associated activities in order to create successful solutions to design challenges that use LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots.

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robotics, speed, torque, stem

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gear ratio, sensor, spur gear, lego, mindstorms, nxt, teachengineering, what are gears? what do they do?, robot, computer and software engineering projects: robotics curriculum
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Grade
4th - 8th
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Science
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