Robotics with Mr. Dev

Grades 6-8

Mr. Ravi Dev Anandhan (Mr. Dev) has been teaching for Pasadena Unified School District for the past 18 years. Currently he teaches 8th grade Science & Robotics at Sierra Madre Middle School (SMMS). In addition, Mr. Dev teaches summer enrichment for Pasadena Educational Foundation (PEF) every year for the past 8 years. Mr. Dev started the Robotics program, Science Fair, and Co-founded Science Olympiad at SMMS. He graduated from USC with a degree in Electrical Engineering and worked as an Applications Engineer for Teledyne Relays before he switched his career and followed his dreams and calling as a teacher. He went ahead and completed his Master’s degree in Teaching, Learning,
and Technology along with two Single Subject credentials in Physics
and Mathematics. He also completed a Robotics course at Carnegie Mellon University. Mr. Dev was awarded the teacher of Excellence award by the Pasadena Rotary club in 2014.

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[ Dowload PEF Robotics Lessons for Summer 2020]

Lesson 1: Adventure Peak – First steps in the CoderZ learning environment. Basic navigation: driving and turning using Drive and Turn blocks.

Lesson 2: Frozen Island

– Basic arithmetic practice: addition, subtraction, division.

Lesson 3: The Lost City – How to use the Explore Mode feature to measure distances, the Wait block, and Repeat Loops.

Lesson 4: Crystal Crater – Basic geometry practice: angles and parallel lines. Practicing Repeat Loops.

Lesson 5: Candy Town – More geometry: the concept of radius in a circle. Practicing Repeat Loops.