[Chirag]

The way I am currently imagining structuring the class would be to start off the first week explaining what FRC is and having the students research into the program. It would then progress into looking at some past games and seeing how they were played, and even start brainstorming ideas on how they would play the games themselves.

Then we would jump into learning basic technical skills and engineering concepts required for making a robot (gears and gear ratios, mechanical advantage, materials, machining, pneumatics, basic programming, CAD, circuits and electronics, drivetrains, manipulators, etc.) With each skill there would be a mini project where students would apply what they learned using parts and materials we use to build the actual robot.

After these skills have been learned, we would then have a "mini build season" where the students would choose a challenge from a past year and build a robot to play that game. Due to how resource intensive that could get if they built a full sized FRC robot, they would probably use VEX kits for a smaller scale.

Now all of this would happen in the time leading up to Kickoff (~4 months). During build season, the students would use the class time to work on the actual robot looking at strategy, designing, cost analysis, building etc. Basically a normal build meeting but during school.

After bag day and into competition season, the students would continue to work on small refinements that could be added/ changed at the competitions. They could also look at other teams' robots and analyze their solutions to the game from strategic and engineering standpoints.

After competition season, the class will then be used to send out sponsor "thank you" letters, plan demo days, work on outreach, plan recruitment for incoming freshmen, etc

The class would probably be for juniors and seniors only so that the students will be taking or have already taken physics and precalc courses as this class would use basic skills from those classes. The class would also have a blog that is linked to our team website where the students would be required to post every so often about what they are doing in the class and what they've learned.

To be able to take the class, students would need to submit a form signed by our teacher mentor. This would be done as a sort of filter to make sure we don't get students looking for an "easy A" like I said before. Our mentor would talk to the student and make a judgement on if they should be accepted. There could also be a more detailed application form required. Of course we would have to see what happens the first year or two before we can determine if we really need to filter the students like this.

There are still a ton of other aspects I am still thinking over like whether or not this class would be a graded GPA affecting class or an elective that is pass or fail. I also do not yet know how the students would be graded or determined as "Passed" or "Failed".

This is what I have so far and I know that it is far from perfect. Any feedback would be awesome.