home schooling curriculum, technical education
fischertechnik is a remarkable model construction system from Germany designed to provide a hands-on approach to technology education.

Robotics is today's leading-edge factory and automation technology. It is increasingly difficult to justify a technology education curriculum without addressing robotics. fischertechnik is one of the oldest and most experienced producers of robot kits. You can imagine the pride of a student after they build a robot of their own for the first time!

Leading educators across the United States, Canada and the world have adopted fischertechnik as their recommended robotics construction system after careful comparison and investigation. For example, educators with Project Lead the Way (PLTW) have chosen fischertechnik as the exclusive model construction system to teach control automation. PLTW is a non profit organization that seeks to form partnerships between public schools, universities and industry to promote engineering education and its national program is now in 26 of the 50 U.S. states. Fischertechnik is also popular for utilization in home school curriculum, giving children a modern and proven competitive-advantage in technology education. You can learn more about incorporating fischertechnik into your home schooling curriculum from some of our resellers that specialize in this arena, such as Timberdoodle.

Explore the educational resources of this site and the links to our educational resellers. You will find curriculum, advise and resources enabling you to quickly and easily implement a leading-edge technology course using fischertechnik robot kits that is both fun and pedagogically sound.

Objectives

• To develop advanced coordination skills
  
• To encourage familiarity with basic technical principles "by doing"
  
• To stimulate interest in mechanical applications
• To create a link between computers and mechanics
  
• To encourage creativity
  
• ... to make building and playing lots of fun!