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TETRIX® PRIME Engineering Mobile Robotics Curriculum Pack

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Description

Take the next step in engineering design and robotics with the TETRIX® PRIME Engineering Mobile Robotics Curriculum Pack. This curriculum is designed to help teachers guide students into problem-solving within the world of engineering design and robotics. The guide includes seven activities spread over three units with different challenges for designing remote-controlled TETRIX PRIME robots.

Curriculum features:

  • Three units consisting of more than 12 activities and optional challenges totaling 30-46 hours of curriculum
  • Application of the engineering design process through remote-controlled lessons and challenges
  • Progressive series of activities that culminate with open-ended challenges
  • Middle school correlations to Next Generation Science, Common Core Math and Language Arts, Skills for 21st Century, and ITEEA standards
  • Resources such as building instructions, assessment tools, and glossary, along with teacher and student procedure outlines
  • Delivered with one teacher guide and 13 student guides to serve a classroom of 24 students working in pairs
  • Items required but not included: TETRIX PRIME R/C or Dual-Control Robotics Sets, stopwatches, tape measure, tape, cardboard, and painter’s tape

Download our curriculum sample.

Details

Type: Activity Guides and Curriculum Grades: 6-8

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What You'll Get

  • Teacher guide
  • 13 student guides

Resources

Learning Values

Science
  • Experiment
  • Force and motion
  • Newton's third law
  • Properties
Technology
  • Construction techniques
  • Problem-solving
  • Troubleshooting
  • Design and function
Engineering
  • Analyzing data
  • Criteria
  • Defining problems
  • Modeling
Math
  • Accuracy
  • Data analysis/prediction
  • Interpreting statements
  • Using formulas

Specifications

  • Students Served: 24, working in teams of two
  • Other Products Required: TETRIX PRIME R/C or Dual-Control Robotics Set, stopwatches, tape measure, tape, cardboard, and painter’s tape, sold separately

“It really is realistic and that’s, I think, one of the main benefits to using the TETRIX PRIME system is that it really did give our kids exposure to more realistic constraints.”

– Jonathan Gaines, instructor, University of South Florida/Bulls Engineering Youth Experiences (Bulls-EYE)