On Condensing ELT 1010

A couple of years ago a colleague mentioned that it would be great if we had a pre-made module for ELT 1010, an Alberta Ed. Career and Technology Studies (CTS) course that is a prerequisite for almost everything that I do in Robotics.

cartoon from xkcd.com

I've taken the liberty to summarize the curriculum using the major outcomes:

1. create a health and safety plan with special emphasis on conditions and factors related to the specific pathway or series of courses.
2. research common processes and methods of hazard identification, assessment and control specific to the pathway or series of courses.
3. apply the appropriate fabrication techniques, including proper soldering and component assembly procedures, to construct and test a simple electronic circuit.
4. apply the appropriate fabrication techniques to construct and test an electromagnetic device.
5. identify and assemble common electrical/electronic cables and connectors used in power, audio and video connections.
6. demonstrate established laboratory procedures and safe work practices
7. demonstrate basic competencies.
8. make personal connections to the cluster content and processes to inform possible pathway choices.

To this end, I will be putting parts of this module together in the following order and am happy to share what I have
in hopes that it might make someone else's life more simple as they step into the realm of teaching robotics.

• Lab Safety
• Powerpoint (Feel free to check the link and send feedback)
• Lab Tour
• Safety Quiz (minimum 80% on safety quiz to participate in course)

• Basic Electrical Theory (to run concurrently with soldering due to lack of soldering irons)
• Circuits, Ohm's Law, AC vs DC current
• How to measure voltage (Multimeter use)
• Soldering Basics (to run concurrently with electrical basics due to lack of soldering irons)
• Soldering safety, terminology and workstation setup demo.
• Soldering Activity(LED Light Board)
• Electronics teardown
• Students will be presented with an old electronic device from the recycling. They must:
• Disassemble it.
• Identify and photograph the major components (there will be support for this).
• Put together a presentation on how those basic components work.
• Final unit summary and review

• Final quiz
• Employability and Work Habits assessment (self and teacher assessed)

This module is meant to be a quick introduction and as I develop more than the safety presentation I will toss them up here.

For those interested in the theory portion, it will be drawing heavily from Sparkfun Electronics' online resources. (The linked page is just the tip of the iceberg)

I will also be using Collin Cunningham's wonderful, and slightly awkward, Youtube Videos

Feel free to comment if you know of any resources in the vein that could be helpful.