Curriculum

Curriculum
Building Lego Robotics - FLL This is an outstanding document put together for the First Lego League by Dean Hystad. Dean covers the basics of Legos and robotics, bringing a variety of basic concepts to you in an illustrated, easy-to-read-format. Curriculum - In the Classroom: Hints A few tips/tricks for using the LEGO Robotics Kits in your classroom. TheTech - Get a Grip On Robotics Not about Legos, but about robots in our world. Great site to use to incorporate a variety of curriculum areas. Gadget Anatomy Take a look into the world of simple machines. While this isn't specifically robotics, understanding the workings of simple machines is essential to building effect bots! RoboCup! (Must SEE!) Check out this program from NOVA: Scientific American Frontiers. You can watch the whole show online, and see how ROBOTS play soccer. Be sure to click the 'Watch Online' link! The Intimate Machine (wow, woW, WOW) Again, Scientific American Frontiers - Look for the clip 'Leonardo the Lovable'. What really IS the future of robots in our life? Summer Camp/After School Program Ideas: robocamps LEGO® ACTIVITIES! WSU Robotics in the Classroom Robotics Camp Lego Robotics Invention WebQuest ROBOTICS CAMP FOR BOYS and GIRLS Robotics Learning Home Lego history	Carnegie Mellon Curriculum Great Curriculum, although I'm not sure how long you'll be able to get this page for free. They have a new CD out for purchase. Very thorough. Amazing Robot Museum Take a look into the history of a variety of robots dating back to the 1920's. NOVA Online \| Bomb Squad Take a look into the hard life of a working robot! Video clips and other great resources (of course, it's PBS! - do you supported your local station?) Robotics Education Project (NASA) NASA's robotics website. This site is aimed at a more advanced crowd, but it's a great place to see what is going on in the robotic world. Liftoff to Learning: Let's talk about robotics View the 15 minute online video, and incorporate it into your lessons with robotics. Robots Alive!: Guide and Resources Robots that walk, talk and think for themselves are the featured subject in the season finale of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS. Pet Tech Another NOVA program. Click 'Watch Online' and then find the 'Pet Tech' clip. Is this where robots are heading? Creative Learning in School with Lego Programmable Robotics Products .zip file link to an interesting article Questioning.org Questioning is one of the most important parts of constructivist learning. Check out these tips on how to lead students to the answers without giving them away.
Irving is committed to promoting the use of Legos and Robotics within our district and around the state. We are in no way connected to the Lego company in any form. The Irving Instructional Technology Department views Legos as an opportunity to promote project based, inquiry based learning. Stay tuned while we work to develop curriculum for our teachers that are using the following kits:
Robotics Curriculum Six weeks of curriculum that allows teachers to use Team Challenge Robotics kits in teams of 3/4/or 5 students. Our goal is to incorporate the projects across all curriculum areas and meet a variety of TEKS at different levels.	Simple Machine Curriculum Four - six weeks of curriculum that allows teachers to develop problem solving, project based lessons that correlate to the TEKS and integrate a variety of curriculum areas.

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