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Lego WeDo?


ebrindam
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Basically if you get the WeDo starter kit you get some basic technic pieces and a couple of minifigs, some instruction booklets, and software for your computer.

 

WeDo refers to the software. It is windows-based. There are tiles that you drag and drop into a sequence to get the motor to do different things, play a sound, etc.

 

We used it for Jr FLL last year. We were able to set it to turn the motor on, rotate for a certain number of seconds in a specific direction, play a sound, and stop.   There are different models they have you build that get you used to how to use the program and how to use the motor, sensors, etc.

 

It is very much a scaled down version of Mindstorms. It is a good gateway program to Mindstorms. Depending on the age of your child, you may just want to jump straight to that (Mindstorms). It is much more expensive, but you can do a lot more with it.  WeDo is designed for the young elementary age--maybe 5-9.  Mindstorms you could start with at 8 or 9 I would think.  

 

My experience with the Lego WeDo kit we purchased was that it was not very robust. We fortunately had a lot of other Technic pieces from the Jr. FLL kits and other purchases. You basically only have enough pieces with the WeDo kit to build each model, and then you have to take it apart to build the next one.  My kids at least are not big fans of taking something apart they just built.  So keep that in mind. 

 

 

I thought this youtube video is a good presentation of how WeDo works:  

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