Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



Active Topics || Favorites || Member List || Search || About Us || Help || Register || Login
Exploring God's Creation in Nature and Science
 4Real Forums : Exploring God's Creation in Nature and Science
Subject Topic: Zooks Post ReplyPost New Topic
Author
Message << Prev Topic | Next Topic >>
Kathryn UK
Forum All-Star
Forum All-Star
Avatar

Joined: Feb 27 2005
Location: England
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 924
Posted: March 21 2006 at 2:14pm | IP Logged Quote Kathryn UK
The BBC has a children's TV series called Bamzooki in which kids design "Zooks" (computer generated robotic insects) to perform various tasks. We downloaded a Zook building kit from the Bamzooki web site, and Rachel (11yo) has been having a lot of fun with it over the last few days. It is quite an engineering challenge, and it took her a while to master designing functional legs (most of her prototypes bounced on the spot, though one managed to travel backwards ).     She has also discovered you need to design different Zooks for different tasks. A block pushing Zook needs a different specification to a hurdling Zook for example.

Have fun!

__________________
Kathryn
Dh Michael, Rachel(3/95) Hannah(8/98) Naomi(6/06) (11/07)
The Bookworm
Back to Top View Kathryn UK's Profile Search for other posts by Kathryn UK
 
Mary G
Forum All-Star
Forum All-Star
Avatar

Joined: Feb 07 2005
Location: Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5790
Posted: March 21 2006 at 2:16pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G
Kathryn,

I saw this on your blog and thought it sounded so cool. Haven't had a chance to download the software but it looks like something my sons would LOVE!

__________________
MaryG
3 boys (22, 12, 8)2 girls (20, 11)

my website that combines my schooling, hand-knits work, writing and everything else in one spot!
Back to Top View Mary G's Profile Search for other posts by Mary G Visit Mary G's Homepage
 

If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login
If you are not already registered you must first register

  [Add this topic to My Favorites] Post ReplyPost New Topic
Printable version Printable version

Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot create polls in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

Hosting and Support provided by theNetSmith.com