Class Use of the ROVer Ranch

Provide a general description of the ROVer Ranch and the mission: - Present basic information on robots; - Explore and discuss the topic of robotics; - Form mission groups and assign workspaces
Get familiar with the ROVer Ranch website: - Establish student logins and have students join your assigned class; Leaders must possess a teacher login to create a class; - Have students create a journal and become familiar with class message board and class assignment areas (Comm Center)
Complete preparatory material: - Work through the material in Robots 101: Concepts and Definitions; - Computer time as appropriate for writing exercises; - Group and class discussion
Perform Robot Mission - Select a Mission and Record steps in student journals: - Select Mission Briefing to obtain mission goals; - Select Build Bot to build a robot; - Select Program Bot to script a mission path; - Select Run Mission to run the robot in the simulator; - Select Debriefing to see the mission results summary
Debrief Robot Mission: - Analyze Mission Summaries (located in "Tools/My Private Files"); - Measure success of mission by recording, analyzing, and synthesize the results of mission activities through class discussion and student writing; - Record success *and* failures in journals