Teacher's Note: Stay on point and say only the most

You are working with young students and you may lose their attention pretty quickly. We will tell you what you can do to keep their attention for a longer period of time.

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18 Aug 2017
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Three sections with a lot of theory

This and the following sections seem to be too long. They include details which you should know and also be able to tell your students when necessary. For the time being, you can just mention some of the things your students will need in order to begin. When some problems arise, you can give them more details.

Only brick and parts

In this section, you can shortly tell your students that the brick is the brain of the robot.
Also, tell them that they can find all the parts in the respective sections in the box and that parts should be returned to their places after disassembling the robot. Sometime later you can play the game for teaching the names of the parts.

General rule

We, as adults, tend to say a lot of things to show we know a lot. Try to avoid that.
Make sure you stay on point and leave the details for when they are needed.

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