TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bascomb,Neal
TI  - The new cool: a visionary teacher, his FIRST robotics team, and the ultimate battle of smarts 
SN  - 9780307588890
AV  - TJ211.26 .B37 2011
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Publishers
KW  - FIRST (Organization)
KW  - Robotics
KW  - Study and teaching (Secondary)
KW  - Competitions
KW  - Georgia
KW  - Atlanta
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Prologue; -- The kickoff; -- Strategy; -- Week one: 43 days until robot ship; -- Week two: 36 days until robot ship; -- The competition: the ThunderChickens, Team 217; -- Week three: 29 days until robot ship; -- Week four: 22 days until robot ship; -- The 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; -- The 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
N2  - 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
ER  -