Robotics or related engineering courses

[Cyberphil]

Our school has had engineering classes for some time now. We were kind of the same way you are with a robotics team that eventually led to curriculum in the school. If you have any questions, please feel free to PM me or email me if you have any further questions

Classes our school now has:

Design Concepts I and II: Basically covering architectural and manufacturing design challenges. Things such as classrooms are created in the architectural side of things, and other things such as a new innovative shopping carts are created in the manufacturing part. None of these things are actually created. We use Autodesk software to design everything.

Engineering Design I, Mechanical: Here, mechanical systems and movements are discussed before a major project is created. Students understand what forces go into moving these, "Cars," as we call them. The final game or competition is to launch a small nerf ball through a hole in some plywood. Before the car launches the ball, it has to travel on its own power down to the end of the ramp.

Engineering Design II, Electrical: Here, we learn about electricity, circuits, and the conversion of electrical energy to mechanical energy. The project in this class is to make a battery powered car drive up a ramp and stop at the top.

Engineering Design III, Robotics: Here, we apply all of the things we learned in I and II to a larger human controlled robot. We come up with our own games for this class, and have a lot of fun with it.