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LEGO Education, a business unit of The LEGO Group, on Monday introduced Lego Education WeDo, a new robotics package designed for classrooms of primary school students ages 7 – 11. It’s coming in January, 2009 — pricing is yet to be announced.

The complete LEGO WeDo package includes:

• One motor, one motion sensor and one tilt sensor
• 158 brightly colored LEGO elements, including gears, and levers
• One LEGO USB Hub connects directly to a Mac/PC laptop, desktop, OLPC XO or Intel Classmate computer to allow control of hardware input (tilt and motion sensors) and output (motor), thereby bringing models to life
• Drag-and-drop icon-based software that provides an intuitive and easy-to-use programming environment suitable for beginners and experienced users alike, developed by a leading provider of engineering hardware and software, National Instruments
• Activity pack CD-Rom provides up to 24 hours of instruction and includes 12 activities based on four themes: Amazing Mechanisms, Wild Animals, Play Soccer and Adventure Stories. Running alongside programming software, activities are introduced via animations. Teacher notes and glossary are also included.

Courtesy of MacWorld and BizJournals