As a CTE course, AIM is funded at 1.4X per contact hour by the State while maintaining rigorous academic requirements as defined by Engineering Math TEKS.
Costs vary from site to site, but as guidance for administrators, here are estimated costs for a one classroom, 21 student class using PCs already owned by your school. Contact us to complete a site survey and receive a classroom kit quote.
Year 1: $53,000 (includes classroom kit with robots, curriculum, online learning
software, teacher training, and kit/product support).
Year 2: $4,000 (for refresh of the classroom kit)
Year 3: $4,000 (for refresh of the classroom kit)
Year 4: Est. $30,000 for full classroom kit refresh and curriculum update.
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Analytical Integrated Math (AIM)
is a math course for high school seniors. It teaches the math used in high-tech jobs.
Using educational robotsas tools, AIM is exploratory learning that meets Texas educational requirements for Engineering Math. It prepares students for the Accuplacer and for college.
PC Details
Computers (laptops) add significant cost to Year 1. You may have computers that run the software from the AIM Classroon Kitl Here is the specification:
- 512 MB RAM, preferably 1GB RAM
- 10 GB available drive space