Project management

Concepts Taught

Time Management

Resource Allocation

Systems

Information Accessing

Teaming

Problem Solving

How to use software to manage and document a project

Word

PowerPoint

Home Pages

Excel

Presentation Skills

Public Speaking

Poise

Logical Order of Presentation

Standards Addressed

Resources:

Breaking into Problem Solving Teams

Helpful Hints About Problem Solving

Writing good design briefs

GANTT chart handout

Design Review handout

Robot Design Problem

Career Skills

Daily Log

Work Habit Evaluation

Teacher will:

Prepare students by giving them introductory lessons on:

Mechanics

Programming

Sensors

Choose from the following handouts and print ones the class may need:

Breaking into Problem Solving Teams

Helpful Hints About Problem Solving

GANTT chart handout

Design Review handout

Career Skills

Daily Log

Work Habit Evaluation

Discuss working in teams.

Choose an open-ended design problem for the class to work on.

Students will:

Design, build, program, and refine an autonomous robot to solve the problem.

Identify the problem

Select leaders

Divide the problem into parts

Develop a GANTT chart

Evaluation

Class Participation

Teacher Evaluation

Work Habit Evaluation

Project Completion

Presentation

Complete rubric for evaluation of multifaceted project

Samples:

Work Habit Evaluation Form

Daily Log

/Teachers/Robotics Class Information/Criteria for Evaluation

/Teachers/Robotics Class Information/Evaluation form for mobile robot