Power, Circuits, and Code: Teaching Robotics and Electronics with Purpose

This immersive professional learning experience prepares educators to confidently teach electronics, mechanics, robotics, and microcontroller programming aligned to required curriculum competencies. Participants will explore electrical principles, component identification, safety protocols, energy and mechanics concepts, robotic system design, and microcontroller programming. Through hands-on modeling, simulation, and applied problem-solving, educators will deepen their content knowledge and strengthen instructional strategies that move students from foundational understanding (DOK1–2) to design, creation, and application (DOK3–4).

Learning Outcomes:

1.    Explain and model foundational electronics and mechanics concepts including current, voltage, resistance, energy principles, simple machines, and conservation laws, aligned to curriculum standards.

2.    Design and facilitate hands-on robotics and microcontroller learning experiences that incorporate circuit design, component identification, programming logic, and system functionality.

3.    Guide students through engineering design and troubleshooting processes to build, test, refine, and communicate functional robotic systems while connecting learning to relevant career pathways.