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Course Topics

Students will participate in hands on independent and group activities in the following topics...

1- Safety

2- Structural Engineering

3- Robotics

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Safety Rules

Classroom Expectations

Course Survey

Course Outline

Supply List

Grading Policy

Unit 1 - Safety

Maintaining a safe environment is the first thought everyone must have before entering the technology lab.

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Unit 2 -

Structural Engineering

Throughout the unit students will describe, explore, demonstrate and analyze concepts related to buildings, and structural engineering.

I. Structural components and forces they must counteract.

II. Structures are designed and built to meet the needs of modern day technological society.

III. Designing structures with the six principles of engineering while paying close attention to economic and environmental concerns.

IV. Structural systems and components.

V. Forces within a structure designed to resist the opposing forces acting on them.

VI. Loads on and within structures.

VII. Bridge designs and functions.

VIII. Stick Built Homes and their structural components.

IX. Stick Built Homes' subsystems and green alternatives.

X. Green Homes

XI. Career opportunities in the field of architecture, structural engineering and green technologies.

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Unit 3 - Robotics

Upon completion of this unit students will know and understand the following concepts in robotics.

I. History and Evolution of Robots

II. The Conceptualization of Robots

III. The Advent of Modern Robotics

IV. Society's Dependencies on Robotics

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Major Components of a Mechanical Robot

VI. Programming Robots

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Programming the BOE-BOT with PBASIC

VIII. Programming Robots

IX. The Future of Robotics

X. Career Opportunities in the field of Robotics

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