7th Grade Technology
he eighth grade technology class will be focusing on design and some programming concepts. We will be expanding upon topics that were covered in the sixth and seventh grade technology classes. Our primary focus for the nine weeks is building the Protobot and completing a more in depth version of the design process. We will be working in groups for the entire nine week grading period. In some cases the students in eighth grade will be allowed to choose their groups (I do reserve the right to change groups).
The eighth grade class will have more responsibility of getting things done on time. We will have less checkpoints during the projects to check progress, this is used so that the students will also be learning some project management skills. Some of the underlying concepts in the eighth grade is that the students learn how to take charge of a project and how to manage a project. The design project will have well defined roles and responsibilities for each student in the group.
We will be covering the following units: Unit 1: Introduction to Robotics (Vol 3), Unit 2: Squarebot, Unit 3: Programming, Unit 4: 7th Grade Challenge
Unit 1 will focus on describing what a robot actually is and where they are used. We will work through some interactive videos and PowerPoints that will help us to understand what are robots and some that the students may have seen.
Unit 2 will focus on building a Squarebot robot. This robot is a very simple square shaped robot that will allow the students to get some hands on experience for building VEX robots and also being able to drive them with a remote control.
Unit 3 will focus on programming the Squarebot. We will be using two different types of programming. Dead reckoning programming is programming where we will tell the robot motors to move for a certain amount of time instead of using sensors to determine how long the motors will move. We will also be using sensors on the robot to control the robot. These sensors will be used to control the robot and tell it when to stop. We will also discuss how the robot moved when we used the remote control.
Unit 4 will be the 7th grade challenge. The challenge is a game that I give the students and they must complete a robot that will be able to play said game. They will have a packet with the rules so that all the students have the same constraints. The students will work in their groups and complete the design process while they design, build and test their robot.
The eighth grade class will have more responsibility of getting things done on time. We will have less checkpoints during the projects to check progress, this is used so that the students will also be learning some project management skills. Some of the underlying concepts in the eighth grade is that the students learn how to take charge of a project and how to manage a project. The design project will have well defined roles and responsibilities for each student in the group.
We will be covering the following units: Unit 1: Introduction to Robotics (Vol 3), Unit 2: Squarebot, Unit 3: Programming, Unit 4: 7th Grade Challenge
Unit 1 will focus on describing what a robot actually is and where they are used. We will work through some interactive videos and PowerPoints that will help us to understand what are robots and some that the students may have seen.
Unit 2 will focus on building a Squarebot robot. This robot is a very simple square shaped robot that will allow the students to get some hands on experience for building VEX robots and also being able to drive them with a remote control.
Unit 3 will focus on programming the Squarebot. We will be using two different types of programming. Dead reckoning programming is programming where we will tell the robot motors to move for a certain amount of time instead of using sensors to determine how long the motors will move. We will also be using sensors on the robot to control the robot. These sensors will be used to control the robot and tell it when to stop. We will also discuss how the robot moved when we used the remote control.
Unit 4 will be the 7th grade challenge. The challenge is a game that I give the students and they must complete a robot that will be able to play said game. They will have a packet with the rules so that all the students have the same constraints. The students will work in their groups and complete the design process while they design, build and test their robot.
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