"FIRST Classes" - High School robotic science class offerings and syllabi

[Adrian Wong]

1) What FIRST related class or class sequence does your HS offer now?

The class was first offered at the beginning of this school year. It was originally a technical elective. Beginning next school year, it will be a full-fledged science course (e.g. qualifies as a science requirement as much as physics, biology, or chemistry).

2) What does your "course sequence" look like?

Not quite sure what you mean. It is a full year course, and students take it once.

3) What topics are covered in each semester class?

Topics covered include team management, CAD, programming, evaluating designs, and mechanics.

4) How we can contact you to get a copy of your syllabus/syllabi for planning review?

I'm not in the class, but I can get a copy of the syllabus. cohesion@attbi.com is my email address.

5) What did not work well as a class for you?

There were two distinct groups of people working on the 2002 FIRST robot. The students in the class and the students doing it as an afterschool, extra-curricular activity. There was much friction between the two groups and very little communication. The class students didn't feel it was justified that they must stay after to work on the robot, and the after-school students couldn't cut out of their regular classes to meet the robotics class. Thus, the two groups worked on the robots separately. This caused catastrophic results, as we had to scrap our robot plans at the end of week five (!!!) and start from scratch at the beginning of week six.

6) Are there any teams out there whose website collects links to this kind of data now?

Like Brandon said, there is a syllabus in the white papers section.