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The new cool : a visionary teacher, his FIRST robotics team, and the ultimate battle of smarts

Title
The new cool : a visionary teacher, his FIRST robotics team, and the ultimate battle of smarts / Neal Bascomb.
Author
Bascomb, Neal.
Publication
New York, NY : Crown Publishers, ©2011.

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Description
xiii, 337 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
The story of MacArthur genius award-winning physics teacher Amir Abo-Shaeer from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, who envisioned a robust academy for high I.Q. students who wanted to put their technical know-how to work.
Alternative Title
Visionary teacher, his FIRST robotics team, and the ultimate battle of smarts
Subject
  • FIRST (Organization)
  • Robotics > Study and teaching (Secondary)
  • Robotics > Competitions > Georgia > Atlanta
  • Physics > Study and teaching (Secondary)
  • Engineering > Study and teaching (Secondary)
  • Automation > Study and teaching
  • Robots > Competitions
  • Georgia > Atlanta
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Dramatis personae -- Time line -- Prologue -- Kickoff -- Strategy -- Week one: 43 days until robot ship -- Week two: 36 days until robot ship -- Competition: the ThunderChickens, Team 217 -- Week three: 29 days until robot ship -- Week four: 22 days until robot ship -- Competition: 2Train Robotics, Team 395 -- Week five: 15 days until robot ship -- Week six: 8 days until robot ship -- 96 hours until ship -- Los Angeles Regional Competition: Long Beach Arena, March 12-14, part I -- Los Angeles Regional Competition: Long Beach Arena, March 12-14, part II -- Competition: Heroes of Tomorrow, Team 67 -- Sacramento Regional Competition: the Pavilion, University of California, Davis, March 26-28, part I -- Sacramento Regional Competition: the Pavilion, University of California, Davis, March 26-28, part II -- FIRST championship: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, April 16-18, part I -- FIRST championship: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, April 16-18, part II -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Game glossary -- Acknowledgments.
ISBN
  • 9780307588890
  • 0307588890
LCCN
2010021646
OCLC
  • ocn641997964
  • 641997964
  • SCSB-9266919
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library