About Me | Aidan Corrales

Education

Bachelors of Science in Mathematics, emphasis in Education
In Progress - Masters of Science in Computer Science, emphasis in Artificial Intelligence

Texas Educator Certifications

Computer Science: (Grades 8-12)

Mathematics/Physical Science/Engineering: (Grades 6-12)

Mathematics: (Grades 7-12)

Teaching Experience (6 Years)

Computer Science I, II, & AP - 2 Years

Robotics - 6 Years

Robotics II - 4 Years

Principles of Applied Engineering - 5 Years

Engineering Design & Problem Solving - 5 Years

Remedial Algebra - 3 Years

Mentor & Coaching Experience

FIRST Robotics - 6 years

UIL Computer Science - 3 Years

CyberStart America - 2 Years

VEX Robotics - 8 Years

About Mr. C

I chose to be a STEM educator my freshman year of college when mentoring my high school robotics team. I have always had a passion for training students. I get energized when I help someone to master a concept that they did not understand before. I have taught an array of STEM positions at both the high school and middle school level. Currently, I have found my niche in Computer Science.

My computer science lab is 100% student designed and built, from the computers to the stations! My class covers a plethora of computer science concepts anywhere from hardware to software to micro-controllers. We focus on learning Java, but students also getting experience in Javascript, Python, HTML, and VEXCode

I enjoy designing engaging material for my classes. My classes are always focused on Project Based Learning to ensure my students are learning through hands on activities. 80 - 90% of the projects are designed by me.

Java Examples - From Class

Lesson Plan Examples

Exponential Decay

Similar Triangles

Mars Rovers

Anchor 1

Community
STEM
Camps

I have enjoyed the opportunity to design our district's elementary/middle school STEM Summer Camps for 4 years now in collaboration with our high school's robotics students. Me and my students work to build modular STEM kits that can be transported around the community for week long summer camps.

Camp Outline (2020)*

Instructables (2020)*

Micro:Bit Programming Tutorial (2022)

Camp Outline (2024)

*Sadly the district accounts with many supporting materials have been removed.

Anchor 2

WAL•TER

Who is Walter?

Walter Mark I: Designed by me and my students for deployment at our remote programming camp for elementary and middle school students.

Instructables Build Instructions

Instuctables Basic Program

Walter Mark II: Used in my high school Computer Science classes to teach Functions, conditions, variables, loops, radio communication, and rotation. Students first learned to program the robots to navigate a maze autonomously, then were allowed to program remote controls to play soccer!

Walter Mark III: Designed as part of a collaborative grant with our middle school Computer Apps class to get students exposed to programming at an early age and increase computer literacy.

Maze Program

Radio Program

Anchor 3

FRC Engineering Notebook.pdf

FRC Team 9034
The Space Dolphins

2023 was my first year as lead mentor of FIRST Robotics team 9034 The Space Dolphins. With help from my students, sponsorship from NASA, Texas Workforce Comission, Mesquite Education Foundation, and Ashley Homestore, we built the team from the ground up!

The robot took 2 months to build and over $20,000. Our team has won Rookie All-Star, Highest Rookie Seed, and Rookie Inspire for our outreach programs. We qualified for and competed in State where I took my kids to visit the Johnson Space Center. If you would like to read more about our team this season, you can click the engineering notebook to the left!

Mars Rover Simulation

While teaching at the middle school I designed a Mars Rover simulation project (As seen in my lesson plan above). Students received a Mission Briefing and began designing solutions to the problem set before them. Students spent the next weeks programming, testing their prototypes, documenting their progress, and 3D printing parts to get their robots ready for the challenge. Just as with the real NASA rovers, students were not allowed access to the landing site until the test day and had from a remote view.

The funding for the project came from our local Excellence Foundation and the Mars terrain I designed and built with help from the my mentor teacher at the high school. The whole experience was a blast, but the best part by far was working with the students. It was amazing getting to see them gain so many skills while the whole time having fun! It is awesome to multiply the skills that I have by sharing them with others. The middle schoolers blew my mind with what they are capable of!