Robotics Engineering Curriculum (REC)

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  Energy Systems

  In this engaging course, students explore various technological systems in the relevant context of sustainable and alternative energy. Students discover how alternative resources such as solar, wind, nuclear, and hydropower are used to produce energy. Students learn about hybrid vehicles and fuel sources such as hydrogen, electricity, and ethanol. Students learn how construction and design methods are used to create energy-efficient buildings and how existing homes can be retrofitted to increase their energy-efficiency. Students investigate ways to protect the resources we harvest.
  Using the supplied experiment kits, students generate electricity from renewable sources, design a solar energy system based on electricity needs, and extract hydrogen from water by electrolysis.

  DURATION: 45-75 HOURS

  Introduction to Green Technology

  Introduction to Green Technology considers why research in sustainable and alternative energies is so important today. The threats to human and environmental health posed by fossil fuel consumption are explored.

  Course Outline

  Lesson 1: Natural Resources and Environmentalism
  Lesson 2: Pollution and its Effects
  Lesson 3: Sustainable and Unsustainable Energy; Fossil Fuels
  Lesson 4: The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
  Lesson 5: Efficiency and Alternative Energy

  Resource Conservation

  Resource Conservation investigates natural resources and how they are used in industry, agriculture and everyday life. It addresses our degree of dependence on the environment, and ways to protect resources. Students acquire an understanding of how technology and science play important roles in conserving, preserving, recycling and monitoring the health of the environment; assisting in the proper disposal of waste; and how to wisely use natural resources for the benefit of all.

  Course Outline

  Lesson 1: Natural and Renewable Resources
  Lesson 2: Nonrenewable Resources
  Lesson 3: Conservation in Industry
  Lesson 4: Conservation in Manufacturing
  Lesson 5: Waste
  Lesson 6: Soil Conservation
  Lesson 7: Water Conservation
  Lesson 8: Ecosystems
  Lesson 9: Wildlife
  Lesson 10: Conservation as a Community Effort

  Alternative Energy

  Alternative Energy explores scientific advances that are making alternative energy more affordable and efficient.  Students discover how alternative resources such as solar, wind, nuclear and hydropower are used to produce energy.  Relevant activities demonstrate how turbines generate electricity from renewable energy
  sources, such as moving air and water.  Science and math objectives are addressed as students participate in activities such as calculating their own home’s electricity needs and designing a solar energy system based on those needs.

  Course Outline

  Lesson 1: Introduction to Energy
  Lesson 2: Energy Types and Electricity
  Lesson 3: Energy, the Environment, and Hydropower
  Lesson 4: Geothermal Energy
  Lesson 5: Wind Energy
  Lesson 6: Solar Energy and Career Connections
  Lesson 7: Solar Power and You
  Lesson 8: Nuclear Energy
  Lesson 9: Other Types of Alternative Energy

  Green Transportation

  In the Green Transportation course, students learn about hybrid vehicles and vehicles powered by green fuel sources including hydrogen, electricity, and ethanol. Students conduct activities such as an electrolysis experiment that separates hydrogen from water. They also learn steps they can take now to reduce fuel consumption.

  Course Outline

  Lesson 1: The History of Transportation
  Lesson 2: Drilling and Refining Oil and the Internal Combustion Engine
  Lesson 3: Hydrogen and Electrolysis
  Lesson 4: Hydrogen Experiment and Electric Vehicles
  Lesson 5: Hybrid Vehicles
  Lesson 6: Transmissions and Hybrid Disadvantages
  Lesson 7: Alternative Fuels
  Lesson 8: Solar and Wind Energy in Transportation
  Lesson 9: Ways to Reduce Fuel Consumption Now

  Green Construction

  This course explores methods of construction and design used to create self-sustaining, energy-efficient structures. Students explore design strategies and technologies used for retrofitting a home to meet green concerns, as well as ways to design and construct a green home from the ground up. Students are introduced to passive solar heating and cooling systems, water temperature management, and various technologies that can harvest electricity for direct use. Additionally, students will investigate Energy Star, ecological building, and numerous careers in the green construction field.

  Course Outline

  Lesson 1: Introduction to Energy Efficiency and Green Construction
  Lesson 2: Solar Home Planning
  Lesson 3: Shading
  Lesson 4: Glazing
  Lesson 5: Thermal Mass
  Lesson 6: Insulation
  Lesson 7: Integrated Passive Solar and Passive Solar Cooling
  Lesson 8: More Ways to Harvest Energy
  Lesson 9: Designing to Conserve Water

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  Electric Circuits

  EA01A: Electric Circuits features skills-based curriculum and hands-on activities with industrial-grade components. Students build a solid foundation in electrical circuits.

  EA01A: Electric Circuits delivers the skills needed for success in industrial maintenance careers, including:

  Lockout/tagout & safety procedures
  Connecting an electric circuit
  Measuring voltages and currents in an electric circuit
  Testing power sources like batteries, thermocouples and PV cells

  Included

  Flexponent panels:
  E040: Switch, Lamp and Buzzer Panel
  E045: Sources of Electricity Panel
  E047: Heat/Light Source Panel
  E151: Series/Paralell Lamp Panel
  E152: Transformer/Adjustable Power Panel
  Digital Multimeter (Fluke Model 115 or equivalent)

  Requirements

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  JobMaster Learning Station
  Power Control Panel: PC04 (120V)
  Each JobMaster module includes the listed hardware and panels to add to your JobMaster Training station, as well as skills-based curriculum.

  All modules require a JobMaster Training Station, sold separately.
  Some modules also require hardware and/or panels purchased as part of prerequisite skill blocks in the same series, as noted on each product data sheet.

  Skills Acquired

  Skill 1: Lockout/Tagout
  Skill 2: Connecting a Basic Circuit
  Skill 3: Identifying Switches
  Skill 4: Connecting a Momentary Switch
  Skill 5: Connecting a Toggle Switch
  Skill 6: Identifying Sources of Electricity
  Skill 7: Measuring DC Voltage
  Skill 8: Constructing a Series Circuit
  Skill 9: Constructing a Parallel Circuit
  Skill 10: Applying DC Voltage Principles
  Skill 11: Testing an Electrolytic Cell
  Skill 12: Testing a Battery
  Skill 13: Testing a Thermocouple
  Skill 14: Testing a Solar Cell

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