Curriculum:

 PakFirst curriculum for teachers, students, and other users who are interested in investigating real-world problems in educational robotics. Many of these activities are especially designed for participants of the PakFirst Education Program. We encourage teachers to incorporate these science and technology enhancement activities into their school's curriculum. We are well aware that robots and robotics technology may be new to most teachers and their students. Thus, the content of the curriculum covers the very basics of robot design and experimentation. More advanced activities and research projects are provided to challenge experienced robot designers.

High tech doesn't have to be complicated or intimidating. The PakFirst Robotics Curriculum is designed to make technology easy to understand and learning fun.

Over Robotic Curriculum Goals :

1. Our first goal is to educate teachers and students about robotics technology (Appropriate for 6th ­ 12th grades). To make complicated aspects of robotics less intimidating, we have developed a series of content learning activities for teachers and students. This is your guide to the "hows" and "whys" associated with robot components. Included are activities on sensors, robot structure, DC motors, computer programming, and software.

2. our second goal is to educate 9-12 grade students on the basics of applied scientific research (Appropriate for 9th ­ 12th grades). The best way to learn science is to do science. Curriculum materials emphasize the scientific method of investigation in classroom experimentation. Furthermore, the PakFirst Curriculum Standards place great emphasis on its application to science problems developed in the classroom. Enthusiastic and creative teachers are constantly on the lookout for potential projects that are engaging and will capture the imagination of their students. This Curriculum will be set up similar to a research design where problems are presented, background materials are provided, hypotheses developed, methods applied, robots designed, observations made, and findings communicated.

3. our third goal is to enhance secondary level curriculum materials with robotics technology. Beginning in 2003, we will incorporate a variety of curriculum materials, developed by PakFirst teachers, into this page. Over time, we will have pedagogically sound activities that pertain to physics, chemistry, mathematics, earth science, planetary science, social science, and life science.