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 CURRICULUM RESOURCES AND PROFESSIONAL LINKS

2010-2011

 

Feel free to use these links to Curriculum Resources, Professional Bodies and Blogs/Forums to provide instructional resources, to link to professional resources and to connect to like-minded people.

 

 

 

CURRICULUM RESOURCES  up

Initially these links will be in alphabetical order. As more links are added this will change.

  1. BC IRPs - Applied Skills
  2. BC IRPs - Science
  3. Curricula Ideas - 300 K-12 robotic/engineering topics from NASA
  4. Design and Technology Review - from the BBC
  5. Electricity: the Basics - from the Canadian Science and Technology Museum
  6. Electricity: Building an Electric Motor - Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, USA)
  7. Electricity: Making a Circuit Board - Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, USA)
  8. Engineering: Intro through LEGO grades 1-3 - 20 meg PDF - from Tufts University (USA)
  9. Engineering and Comp. Sci.: Intro for Elementary Grades - 8 meg PDF - from Tufts University (USA)
  10. Engineering: Mouse Trap Unit - PDF - from Tufts University (USA)
  11. Engineering: Roller Coaster Unit - PDF - from Tufts University (USA)
  12. Gears - Foothills High School, San Jose California, USA
  13. History of robots - PDF - from the Canadian Space Agency
  14. LEGO Engineering Units - grades 3-5 - from LEGO Engineering, USA
  15. LEGO Engineering Units - grades 6-8 - from LEGO Engineering, USA
  16. Robotics Curriculum - Middle School - from Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  17. Robotics Curriculum - High School - from Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  18. Robotics - VEX Curriculum 2.0 - from Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  19. Robotics in Space - from the Canadian Space Agency
  20. Robots Week 2011 - from iRobot Corporation
  21. Robotics - SPARK Educational Resources - from iRobot Corporation
  22. Simple Machines - from the Canadian Science and Technology Museum
  23. Structures and Shapes - from the Canadian Science and Technology Museum

 

 

PROFESSIONAL BODIES/FORUMS  up

Here are a few links to colleagues who are also interested in Robots and Robotics.

  1. BC Technology Teachers' Association
  2. Educational Technology Council - Alberta Teachers' Association
  3. Washington State Industrial Technology Education Association
  4. Technology Educators Association of Manitoba
  5. Ontario Council for Technology Education
  6. International Technology Education Association
  7. Design and Technology Association - United Kingdom

and

  1. Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists
  2. Skills Canada
  3. World Skills International
  4. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

 

FORUMS/BLOGS  up

  1. LEGO Message Board
  2. SPARK forum
  3. VEX 2010-2011 Competition Forum

 

Your contributions and suggestions are always welcome. Feel free to contact us through the email links below.

 

Thanks.

 

Stewart Savard (eLibrarian) and Randy Grey (Career Coordinator)

 

 
Created by Stewart Savard SD#71 (Comox Valley) September 2009. Updated July 2010.

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CURRICULAR LINKS
These links connect you to a wealth of teacher resources.


FRIENDS AND CLUB LINKS
Here are a few links to some of our friends in Robotic Clubs on Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, Washington State and around the world:

 

FURTHER EDUCATION
Interested in studying Robotics. These links may help you to find local, national and international opportunities to explore your interests.