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Originally Posted by Carolyn_Grace
Conferences related to robot build/strategy probably are not useful in making my case, but what other skills / topics do you believe your conference covers that may be useful?
Thanks for your help.
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Why would conferences related to strategy not be useful? As teams build a match strategy or a pick list, don't they have to follow a process of making a claim and using evidence to support their claim and form a reasoned argument for why a particular match strategy or pick alliance would be the most effective one? Don't they have to apply rhetorical skills when they are talking to other teams about why they want to use a particular match strategy? If you look at the common core standards and next gen science standards they have all kinds of references to collecting evidence to support claims.
Any conferences on how to prepare for judges would fit within common core with respect to written and spoken communication.
I don't know what grade you teach, but if you could collaborate with a science teacher who has Newton's laws in his/her curriculum this game is a phenomenal game for showing Newton's Laws and angular momentum. It should be renamed "DANG IT, NEWTON!!" You could be taking videos and pulling out clips of the the stacks as they fall, spew out of rotating robots, tip out of fast stopping robots, of the difference in stability between the tall stacks and the short stacks, the instability of containers on the different sized stack...the list is endless.
The following workshops look like they have potential for developing curriculum/lessons. The mentor discussion has potential for helping you develop your skills in the art of teaching. A great mentor has a lot of the same characteristics as a great teacher.
In 100 Words or Less: Tips for Writing Grants -
Leadership Boot Camp: Training Your Students in Key Leadership Skills
Big Bacon Theory of Image and Marketing
How To Be a Successful FRC Mentor
Good luck!