Ms. Penton

Email: felica.penton@rentonschools.us

After School Help: till 2:30 M-TH

ROBOTICS A - PFA089

Course Description: This course is for students interested in an introduction to robotics. The class is an interdisciplinary class which covers design, assembly, programming and testing of a robot. Students will learn how to write programs to make the robot do different tasks. Optionally, students can learn about using a variety of tools including 3D printers, laser cutters, or milling machines to make or modify parts used on the robot. At the end of the year, students are given the rules of a robot competition. Their job is to design a robot for that competition. The skills they learned throughout the course are applied to this robot. The competition robot allows the students an opportunity to use their creativity, knowledge and skill to come up with different solutions to the competition.

Course Objectives:

• Intro to Robotics
• Exploring the Industry
• Getting Started with Unity
• Create Robots
• Legal and Ethical Considerations
• Project: Your First Robot

Grading Policy:

Components that are used to determine students’ grades. (Subject to Change)

Late work:

TBD

Grading Scale:

TBD

School Provided Resources:

• Repl.it
• https://sites.google.com/a/g.rentonschools.us/robotics/pacing 

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