Physics by Design is an activity book for teachers who want to use LEGO NXT Mindstorms to teach science, technology, engineering, or math.

The book contains seventy-two activities ready for classroom use, with student handouts, teacher notes, and photographs. It includes material for getting started project rules, plans for building simple cars, and tutorials for the NXT Mindstorms 2.0 software, including the new data-logging capability as well as activities for teaching a variety of physics and mathematics concepts, plus creative robotics projects.