Honors Robotics & Drone Technologies

T&E

Curriculum

Course Title: Honors Robotics & Drone Technologies

Department: Technology & Engineering

Units of Study:

· Lego Mindstorms

• Drones and flight

o Virtual Flight Simulator

o Physical Drone Challenges

• Soldering and circuitry

o Breadboarding

o Smart Car Soldering Project

• RobotC Coding

o Vex Clawbot

Curriculum-Based Assessments: N/A

Standardized Assessments: N/A

Description of Course: This course has been designed for students who would like to explore the rapidly expanding technologies involved in building, programming, and controlling robots. Through the use of the LEGO EV3 robotic kits, the students will build robots that use light, ultrasonic, sound, touch, and motion sensors to perform a variety of tasks. These skills are challenged through a final design challenge. Additionally, students will advance to coding their robots in the language RobotC. This portion of the course parallels Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Academy. Students will also get an introduction to Computer Science that will expose them to additional coding languages. Finally, students will learn to design and fly drones. This unit will also contain FAA flight regulations, career exploration, flight physics, and weather science.