[bardd]

I held a build (mechanical+electrical) workshop for the team about a month ago. I can't really give you material, unless you're fine with Hebrew, but I do have some tips:

*Beforehand, make absolutely sure you have all the equipment you need. I found myself half way through spending around 8 hours trying to find someone in the area with the part I discovered missing and needed for the next day.

*Make the students part of the process. Instead of just talking and have them listening, have them build a small robot (just a simple drivetrain, for them to understand the concept). I found that while active, the students paid alot more attention.

*Let them think. Once in a while, I tried to confuse them a bit (for example, telling then the slots' order in the cRIO is this and then telling them it's different) and let them try to figure things out. They didn't really like it, but they understood those subjects better than others.

*Ask for their feedback. at the end of each day I asked the students how I did and found that many things I thought were simple to understand were harder for them than some I considered difficult.

If you're interested in the ppt's I made (I wrote a design presentation and one about different types of mechanisms), pm me and I'll see if I can translate them.