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Spinning Swing Ride

Build a swing ride that goes round and round.

Build a swing ride that goes round and round.

Spinning Swing Ride
Finished model

Blocks needed

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  • × 2

How to build 12 steps

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Coding mission

An amusement park has lots of fun rides. Code the swing ride so its upper and lower seats spin 10 times in opposite directions, then stop.

Blocks and their jobs

  • DC Motor Block 1Upper seats
  • DC Motor Block 2Lower seats

Let's think

Think about machines around us that use DC motors, and talk about what they do.

A washing machine that spins round and round
A power drill that turns screws for us
A drone that flies by spinning its propellers
Show the solution

DC motor 1 and DC motor 2 turn in opposite directions. Code them to turn 10 times and stop.

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