GearBots ~ Robotics Engineering Program
Mr. Dereck Dirom
Yale Secondary School
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Today is: Thursday,17 May,2012 12:26:10 AM
GearBots Educational Resources - Teaching Materials:
The following resources may be of use.  

Skills Canada BC - GearBots Engineering Challenge Resources:
1. Last year's demo challenge sample - April 2011 (pdf format) SMART Restaurant Challenge.pdf


Teaching Resources:

NEW: Custom printed vinyl (approx. 4'x8') testing / training / challenge mats - Current GearBots catalogue (pdf format) GearBots Resources.pdf
        Features: Double sided, high quality vinyl, durable, portable, easy to store, easy to clean, personalize with school logo or acknowledge sponsors

1. Sample unit plan for introducing the NXT platform to students [ages 9-14] (pdf format) Sample Unit Plan.pdf
2.  Navigational Protractor for instructing students how to program turns [swing or point turns] (pdf format) navprotractor.pdf
3. Engineering process / method [created by CMU] (pdf format) Engineering Process.pdf
4.  Problem solving / iterative design process [created by CMU] (pdf format) problem solving.pdf
5. Description of Pseudo Code [created by CMU] (pdf format) pseudo.pdf
6. CMU's NXT  Video Trainer 2.0 teaching resources tracking sheet [created by CMU] (pdf format) VT2.0 Tracking Sheet.pdf
7. Sample / template for a robotics engineering project [created by GearBots] (MS Word Doc format) Da Vinci Challenge Handout.doc
8. Engineering logbook for projects [created by GearBots] (pdf format)  Engineering Process Logbook.pdf
9. REM Building guide (pdf format) rem_print.pdf
10. Gripper Building guide (pdf format) gripper_print.pdf
11. Sample themed challenge with mission descriptions (pdf format) Mars Rover Mission Sheet.pdf
- Used for a summer camp to raise money to support the robotics program.  Contact GearBots Eductional Resources to learn more.
12. FLL table design FIRST_LEGO_League_Table.pdf
13. Ordering NXT information from Spectrum Education (pdf format) NXT Info Sheet.pdf
14.  Formual for converting distannce in cm into degrees [measured distance] (pdf format) 02_REVISED Measured Distance Formula.pdf

Contact Information:
Dereck Dirom
GearBots Educational Resources  
(W): gearbots.org       (E): info@gearbots.org

GearBots Website:
        Click the following link to learn more about GearBots ~ www.gearbots.org