Davis Creek Elementary
October 28, 2003


October 28, 2003 was quite an eventful day for LEGO Projects at Davis Creek Elementary. 
During this day architects from South Carolina Transportation Institute visited 
the

LEGO City
while Davis Creek was connected through Red Rover Red Rover and SENSORSCITY.
  • A 3D LEGO Pumpkin was constructed and became part of the DC Mars Red Rover setting.                                             Perhaps Trick-or-Treat is also a Martian Holiday! 
  • Mars Adventure Mission Team #6:  Challenge HELP! built a solution to sending for help from Mars by constructing a COMSAT model.  The COMSAT will send out a message to neighboring satellites, which will, in turn, send a message to Earth.  The team also used LEGO CAD to build a permanent electronic file replica of their construction.
  • Mrs. Simon, the 5th grade teacher at Davis Creek, received a birthday present from Mrs. Hamilton.  She got a LEGO Spiderman Laboratory set to go with her LEGO Spiderman Tramway set.  Mrs. Simon built the laboratory and the students built the tramway.  Thank you, Mrs. Hamilton!
Looking at the 3D Pumpkin
The 3D Pumpkin in the Mars setting
Mrs. Simon receives a birthday present from Mrs. Hamilton. Thank you!
The 2D Pumpkin at SENSORSCITY says Hello to the 3D Pumpkin at DC
Two pumpkins in a LEGO patch!
Team #6 builds the COMSAT to signal for help
The COMSAT model was built so that it can rotate to send its signal from different angles
LEGOCAD view of machine
LEGOCAD allows students to build a computerized replica of their model for permanent records
Mrs. Simon takes a picture of the LEGOCAD team
Physical COMSAT model in front of the virtual LEGOCAD COMSAT model
A different view of the COMSAT model
COMSAT model with 3D pumpkin in the background
The COMSAT model with its builders
New SENSORSCITY location at RTI
Setting up the COMSAT model on the DC Mars Red Rover

 
Watching communication through teleoperation
Mrs. Simon and two fifth grade students who built the LEGO Spiderman tramway set
A closer view of the tramway set
LEGO Spiderman laboratory and tramway sets

 
Programming the challenges for the 2003 FIRST LEGO League
Building a mechanism to capture the Mars rover and the sand dune
Juan Bueno building a solution to the FLL 2003 Mars Mission challenges
Pointing out the DC Haunted House ride on SENSORSCITY
Checking out a robot program on the FLL Mars Mission set
DC students love Tuesdays because they are LEGO building and programming days.  
LEGO Links of Linda Hamilton hamilton@marshall.edu