330+Electronics

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=Description= How are washing machines controlled? Or microwave ovens? Or any number of other appliances used every day? This course explores how to make simple circuits and the controls for them. The circuits and projects built respond to and control light, sound and motion among other things. Some simple robotics are involved.

1 trimester course

Video Trailer
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Prerequisites:
2010/11 Physics 2011/2012 forward: 121 Electricity and Magnetism

Essential Question(s)
What makes a robot a robot? What is necessary to build a robot?

Public Demonstration of Knowledge
(Possibly) a "project fair" where the projects are publicly shown and demonstrated.

Final Assessment
Choose or design, build, and successfully demonstrate a project using electronic circuits run by a microcontroller.

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Unit Plans