Curriculum

2012-2013 School Year

October 15th - Introduction to Robotics and programming. Students will play "LightBot" to help them get into the programming state of mind. We will discuss t-shirts and rest of school year plan.

October 22 - Begin programming our basic bots. Dividing into groups and assigning kits. Construction begins.

October 29 - construction continues

November 5th - construction continues November 12th - construction contines. Introduction to programming with NXT software and using sensors.

November 19th - No Robotics due to short week/Holiday break

November 26th - Sensor 101 - sound sensor

December 3rd - Sensor 101 - touch sensor

December 10th - Sensor 101 - ultrasonic sensor

December 17th - No Robotics - short week/Holiday Break

Spring 2012 -Basics of Robotics Jan 23 - Build the bot Jan 30 - Build bot (30 minutes) (may need some students to "abandon ship" on current robot and build mini-bot described on link below) Challenge 2M [] (30 minutes) Feb 6th - Feb 13th Feb 27th March 5th - final touches/show and tell/break down bot

Spring 2011 - Animal Challenge Lesson 1 - Description of project challenge, forming groups, planning your build, example builds Lesson 2 - Design/Build animal Lesson 3 - Design/Build animal Lesson 4 -Programming your animal Lesson 5 - Programming Lesson 6 - Flip Video recording animals in action! Lesson 7 - Sharing, Peer review, disassembling bots

Fall 2010 - ROBOTICS IN SPACE (7 weeks)
 * [[file:legorobotics/Lesson_1-Basics[1].docx|Lesson_1-Basics[1].docx]] I used this powerpoint to engage them at the beginning of our meeting. Check out the notes... I asked the kids those questions. [[file:legorobotics/Robotics in Space Lesson 1.ppt|Robotics in Space Lesson 1.ppt]] [[file:legorobotics/spring robotics blank.xls|spring robotics blank.xls]]
 * [[file:legorobotics/Robotics in Space Lesson 2-Programming.docx|Robotics in Space Lesson 2-Programming.docx]]
 * [[file:legorobotics/Robotics in Space Lesson 3-Mars Sample Return.doc|Robotics in Space Lesson 3-Mars Sample Return.doc]]
 * [[file:legorobotics/Robotics in Space Lesson 4 Control and Rovers -Old.docx|Robotics in Space Lesson 4 Control and Rovers -Old.docx]]
 * [[file:legorobotics/Robotics in Space Lesson 5 Moon Base 1.docx|Robotics in Space Lesson 5 Moon Base 1.docx]]
 * [[file:legorobotics/Robotics in Space Lesson 6 Determination and Control.docx|Robotics in Space Lesson 6 Determination and Control.docx]]
 * [[file:legorobotics/Robotics in Spaces Lesson 7 Building a Moon Base.docx|Robotics in Spaces Lesson 7 Building a Moon Base.docx]]