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In this robotics tutorial, we give a few notes for the teacher about adding an axle to the front of the FTC robot and attaching a plastic plate to this axle to make the robot collect balls. 

What is allowed and what is not when building without instructions.

Why we change the robots all the time and what to observe in each new robot.

How important is it to have predictable behavior in your classes.

What should you as a teacher know when the students are trying to achieve a program and robot attachment that could reproduce their behaviour 9 out of 10 times. 

With the last few videos, we entered the math world. Why we do it and what to keep in mind

This is a teacher's note about the math behind calculating gear ratios with for our lifting attachment. It math model we build in previous tutorials is not exactly correct and here is the explanation why.

What should you do as a teacher when the students are calculating the gear ratios and number of needed rotations?

Note for the teacher on making the construction more stable, more durable and using beams for this.

In the EV3-G software, you could use negative numbers for power and rotations. In this episode, we would look at what is the meaning of this numbers and make a few notes of where the teacher must be more careful.

Note for the teacher on how to organize the class to use different robot base constructions to accomplish the mission for lifting.

How should an instructor use this course when working with students and a group of students in school

What a teacher must look out for, while students are building a robot from instructions.

When organizing this course, the behavior expectations should be set at the very beginning of the course.

We have the following behavior expectations from you during this course:

You ask the question.
You will probably err before you succeed.
You should work as a team. Share solutions with others, help them and allow them to help you.
When the teacher speaks, this is important to everyone.
You should read your lesson before you come to class.

There are some fundamental rules that we advise you to follow while organizing this course with students. Let's look at them.

In this course, you will work with other students in the group. These might be your classmates, teammates, or students you know from other activities. It is important to know your group so that you can work together with them in the best possible way.