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

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

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