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CompSci 89s: Teaching with Robots
(Spring 2010)

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Duke/DPS Robotics Program

See the notes directory for pdf and powerpoint versions of the slides used in class.

Readings listed on the calendar should be completed before class on the day indicated. See the assignments page for more details on the specific papers and books.

The calendar will be posted later.

Date		Topic	Reading due	Classwork	Mentoring Materials	Assignment
13	Jan	Overview		First Day of Classes Brookbot building instructions (LDD) with 2.0 conversion (LDD)	DPS Volunteer Form OSL Guidelines
14	Jan	LEGO NXT Construction	Perdue: Skim Ch. 1-6, Read Ch. 7 NXT User Guide			Assign 1: Dead Reckoning
21	Jan	NXT-G: Simple sensing	Perdue: Ch. 8 NXT Tutorial	notes		Assign 2: Line Following Gearing worksheet
25	Jan	NXT-G: Tasks, Variables, and Abstraction	Calibration chapter from LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming Guide			Assign 3: Color Following
28	Jan	NXT-G Control Structures
1	Feb	Test
4	Feb	Workshop @ DSA	Mentor Guidelines Reaching & Teaching Students Critical Thinking and Robotics	Behavior Expectations & Consequences First-Day Icebreakers
8	Feb	Reflection & Planning			Assign 4: Avoider
11	Feb	Workshop @ DSA
15	Feb	Robot Design Motifs				Assign 4: Avoider
18	Feb	Workshop @ DSA
20	February	Science Day @ Duke: Robot Construction Party
22	Feb	Designing effective lessons
25	Feb	Workshop @ DSA
1	Mar	NXT-G to RobotC		Line Tracking lesson RobotC Line Follower
4	Mar	Workshop @ DSA
15	Mar	Creativity	RobotC Lessons RobotC Reference
18	Feb	Workshop @ DSA
22	Mar	Competition preparation
25	Mar	Workshop @ DSA: Dress Rehearsal
27	March	Science Day @ Duke: RCJ Exhibition
29	Mar	Competition reflection	Engineering Competitions in the Middle School Classroom: Key Elements in Developing Effective Design Challenges	rcjprimer.com
1	Apr	Robot inventory
5	Apr	Adopting a classroom?	NC Standard Course of Study for Mathematics ( Grade 6, Essential Standards) Common Core State Standards for Math			Competition Reflection
12	Apr
19	Apr	Adopting a classroom?
26	Apr	Guest visit from Teacher		Perimeter lessons

Last updated Mon Apr 26 18:24:13 EDT 2010

CompSci 89s: Teaching with Robots (Spring 2010)

CompSci 89s: Teaching with Robots
(Spring 2010)