On this page » BattleBots IQ Teacher Training Institute » BattleBots IQ is Good Education » Course Content Included in the BattleBots IQ Teacher Training Program » Additional Benefits of BattleBots IQ » 2005 Teacher Training Dates and Locations BattleBots IQ Teacher Training Institute A Program of Competitive Math, Science and Technology The BattleBots IQ Teachers Training Institute is a week long, in-depth program whereby educators learn the requisite engineering skills and successful academic strategies necessary to implement the BattleBots IQ curriculum in their schools. Educators participating in the BattleBots IQ Teacher Training Institute, learn these skills through the invention and fabrication of 12-pound, competitive, tele-robotic machines designed to meet an engineering challenge. The process of designing and fabricating robust, competitive machines requires the development and application of the academic skills and knowledge necessary for starting and maintaining a BattleBots IQ high school engineering program. This program affords students, and teachers the competitive excitement of athletics and the empowerment and satisfaction that comes from thinking, knowing and doing, and the BattleBots IQ Teacher Training Institute will provide you with the educational resources necessary for success. BattleBots IQ is an attractive and engaging High School program that supports the math, science and technology benchmarks specified by state Departments of Education nationwide. BattleBots IQ Teacher Training Provides teacher with the information, content and educational resources they need in order to develop a stimulating, engaging and comprehensive program of engineering activities that require the development and exercise of academic, vocational and career skills and knowledge. Provides teachers with details and direction they need to source the supplies, materials, tools and knowledge they need to successfully develop an effective BBIQ program. Outlines the structure, strategies and costs of participating in the nationally recognized BattleBots IQ Tournament in which students can demonstrate what they know, and are able to do. BattleBots IQ is Good Education Constructivist educational theories described by Seymour Papert and the epistemology of learning outlined by Jean Piaget support the activities used in the week long BattleBots IQ Teacher Training Institute. Like the robot competitions made famous at leading engineering universities and institutes, the overarching purpose of BattleBots IQ is learning, knowing and doing. Through the week long process of actually designing and building a competitive robot, educators who participate in the BattleBots IQ Teacher training institute will develop and use these academic, vocational and career skills and knowledge. Hard Skills and Knowledge: Physical Science Applications Mathematics Engineering Drawing 3D Solid Modeling Computer Animation Fabrication and Materials Processing Creative Technical Writing/Presentation Precision Measurement Computer Programming Electronics Soft Skills: Creative Thinking Exercising Leadership Integrity / Honesty Working with Diversity Allocating Resources Negotiating Applying Technology to a Task Data Analysis Self-management Decision Making Interpret Information Maintain Technology Teaching Others Responsibility Researching and Organizing Information Monitoring and Correcting Performance COURSE CONTENT INCLUDED IN THE BATTLEBOTS IQ TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM Physics Power Force Energy Electricity/Magnetism Motion/Kinematics Math Algebra/Geometry Trigonometry Spread Sheets Precision Measurement Materials and Fabrication Strength and Properties of Materials Material Processing Manufacturing and Machine Tool Processes Computer Science and Applications Programming Micro-controller applications Robot Control Systems Business and Accounting Marketing Bookkeeping Ordering and Vendor Relationships Electronics Basic Electronics Discreet Components Battery Technology Mechanics Power Systems and Drive Trains Pneumatics and Fluid Power Electrical Power Systems Mechanical Power Systems Communication Engineering drawing 3D parametric and solid model design Video/Multimedia/Web Presentations Scheduling and Organization Project Management Strategies Sourcing Materials and Supplies Organizing Materials Equipment and Supplies Budgeting Travel and Logistics Design Engineering and Design Activities Modules, Mechanisms and Machines BattleBots IQ Robot Construction ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF THE BATTLEBOTS IQ PROGRAM Building competitive robots engages students’ imagination, creativity and passion for knowing and doing. Students who can demonstrate successful participation and point to individual achievement in comprehensive high school engineering programs like BattleBots IQ are particularly attractive to Engineering Colleges, Universities and technical schools. Moreover, local and regional corporate sponsors willingly support high school engineering programs because they support the development of the engineering and manufacturing skills these companies need to be successful in a competitive economy. The scope and volume of educational content covered in comprehensive engineering program like BattleBotsIQ can easily support a full year or multi year science and engineering course of study or after school activity. Adopting a BattleBots IQ Science and engineering program will help maximize the efficient use of Technology investments made by school systems. Participating in BattleBots IQ programs provides dramatic opportunities to profile school/student achievement locally, regionally and nationally. This program serves as a means for male, female and underrepresented minority students to discover technical and engineering interests and aptitudes that might have gone unrecognized. BATTLEBOTS IQ 2006 TEACHERS TRAINING SCHEDULE BattleBots IQ announces the fourth annual BBIQ Summer Teacher Training Institute. This weeklong training for middle school, high school and college level instructors introduces the BattleBots IQ online curriculum in conjunction with a hands-on robot building experience. The cost for the one-week Training is $500.00 per person including all materials and a daily lunch. Once participants have completed the training they will be given priority access to the online BattleBots IQ Robotics Curriculum to use in their schools. Dates and locations for the training are as follows: Lansing, Michigan - to be held at Lansing Community College February 24, 25, 26, 2006 Milwaukee, WI - to be held at Milwaukee Area Technical College's North Campus June 19-21, 2006 Dayton, OH - to be held at Sinclair College June 7-9, 2006 Mesa, AZ - to be held at East Valley Institute of Technology September 23-25, 2006 » Download the 2006 Teacher Training Institute Registration Form Note: Space is limited to 20 attendees at each session. For more information please contact: Nola Garcia, National Education Director, nola@battlebots.com, 305-264-1488, or 305-505-0699