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Digital Microscopes and Slide Preparation (Compound Microscope)
Students learn how to use PASCO software to analyze images captured from a compatible digital compound...
Digital Microscopes and Slide Preparation (Single Lens Microscope)
Students learn how to use PASCO software to analyze images captured from a compatible digital single...
Comparing Plant and Animal Cells
Students use a digital microscope compatible with PASCO software to compare cheek cells and onion cells, then use their observations to determine whether...
Robot Car with Front-Wheel Steering
This Robot Car is driven by a stepper motor on one of the rear wheels and steered by a servo motor attached to the caster wheel in front.
Robot Car Turns in a Circle
Rather than turning a sharp corner, the Robot Car is programmed to turn in a circle of a specified radius and with a specified direction and speed.
Robot Car Navigates through a Maze
The Robot Car is programmed to navigate through a maze using the turnLeft, turnRight, and moveADistance Blockly functions that students have created in...
Robot Car Goes to a Point and Returns
The Robot Car is programmed to go to a point by using the moveADistance and Turn Right functions...
Turn the Robot Car
Learn how to make the Robot Car turn left and right by 90 degrees, pivoting about the center of the bot.
Create a Blockly Function for the Robot Car
Create a Blockly function that moves the Robot Car forward or backward a specified distance.
Move the Robot Car
Using PASCO Capstone or SPARKvue Blockly software, program the Robot Car to move forward and backward.
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