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Post Trying to develop holistic curriculum. Need assistance.

Hello, CDenizens...

I'm looking for help in developing an holistic curriculum for my robotics team at my high school.

This is the team's (and my) third year of FIRST, and I've decided that I'm going to teach robotics like a class, as that offers the most appropriate structure for my students.

The difficulty for me is that my students lack the aptitude to know what they're doing, from the beginning. The geniuses behind the Lazy Mentor system described my situation perfectly: "Basically, our student team consists of young students who love videogames and the idea of robots, but who have little practical training in the construction of robots."

So, I've snaked the entirety of their system, and have put it to use with some good effect, but I'm looking for... more.

I have students who arrive with other skills, like video, or photography, or web design; how do I utilize those skills, in addition to teaching them robotics?

How do I teach my students how to fundraise (since, even if this was a class, the school wouldn't fund lodging, van rental, and trips to meets, but would use the sports booster program)? How do I teach them how to write grants, if I never have? I've been told by one of my mentors, repeatedly, that "the money is there", I just need to go find it.

How do I teach my students about electricity, when I don't have a lot of intrinsic knowledge of it? I know there are tons of cool projects to be done here.

How do I teach my students about programming, when I have little knowledge of it?

And, perhaps the most important, how do I help to get female students involved at all levels? I want to bring in young women and have them be more than window-dressing for diversity. How did co-ed teams recruit their first female students, and how do you make robotics a place that is welcomingly co-ed?

I'm happy for websites, books, files, anything that anyone can provide.

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