Robotics+Curricula

Good resources:
 * [|Wikipedia Lego Mindstorms entry]
 * [|School Computing Wiki Robotics page]
 * [|LogoBlocks for RCX download page] (now requiring password?!?)

I'd like to start off with some central questions: What are the essential skills and concepts in a robotics curriculum?

How much time should be devoted to robotics?

Should it follow its own curriculum or be integrated into math and science or both?

What real-world factors affect the robotics curriculum?

What robotics kits and programs are best for what ages? Maybe a chart would help?
 * [[image:ex-twomotor.gif caption="Logo Blocks"]] || [[image:mwex.gif caption="MicroWorlds EX"]] ||
 * [[image:NXT_software.gif width="342" height="313" caption="Lego NXT"]] || [[image:robolab.gif width="363" height="263" caption="Robolab"]] ||
 * || K-2 || 3-5 || 6-8 || 9-12 ||
 * skills, concepts ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * program interface ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * materials ||  ||   ||   ||   ||