Rough Draft – Robotics Curriculum
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Hello all, and welcome to my eighth blog post. This week, I have been working on a rough draft for my curriculum, and have it completely finished, save for a segment of Unit 4, which covers Computer Science. This is because I still need to figure out what software/program will be used to teach the students about coding. I know it will be a block based software, but I don’t know exactly which one. For those that don’t know what a block based software looks like, this link provides an example to a block based software called Scratch
Further, below are images showing of Unit 1 of the rough draft:
If you are unable to clearly see what the curriculum says, click here to see it within the google document.
Firstly, the students need to know what a robot is before progressing past this point. For the purposes of this class, I defined it such that a robot is:
- A machine
- It is capable to carrying out complex tasks automatically
- Are able to be autonomous or semi autonomous
Next, the students learn what the simple machines are, some of their applications, as well as how they actually function. As I stated in the rough draft above, there are six simple machines.
To sum up this unit, as well as to test the students’ knowledge on the Unit 1 material, there is a written assessment that will be a combination of free response and multiple choice, the details of which you can find in the document.
As I progress further and make necessary tweaks to my curriculum, I will probably share the other units one by one. As Unit 1 is the first unit as well as the smallest, I decided to start with it, as it makes the most sense. Any suggestions for things to include or maybe not to include in the curriculum are open!
Until next time!
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