User:Whiteknight/BoeBots/Robotics and BoeBots/Lab/Teachers

A laboratory setting, especially one with electrical equipment, can be dangerous. The instructor should not be afraid to be stern when talking about safety, and students who act unsafely should be removed from lab.

Pre-Lab Preparation
There should be an available BoeBot for each team of students, and a working computer loaded with the BasicStamp programming environment. Ensure that each BoeBot comes with a power cable, a serial cable, and possibly a full set of batteries.

Laboratory Rules
Discuss some of the important rules with your students. You may wish to talk about all the following:
 * No eating or drinking in lab
 * Turn off cellphones and other electronic devices
 * Remove all pieces of metal jewelry, fashion accessories that dangle from the hands or wrists. Long hair should be tied back. Students should not be wearing extremely loose-fitting clothing, or anything that would distract from mobility.
 * Do not play with buttons, knobs, or switches that the instructor has not specifically told you to use.
 * Do not use equipment that you have not been taught to use.
 * If you smell smoke, see fire or sparks, or see anything else that is out of the ordinary, get your instructor immediately.

As an instructor, you may wish to edit these rules as necessary to suit your own laboratory environment.