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Materials Needed

The following is a list of all the materials that are needed to complete the VEX GO Lab. These materials include student facing materials as well as teacher facilitation materials. It is recommended that you assign two students to each VEX GO Kit.

In some Labs, links to teaching resources in a slideshow format have been included. These slides can help provide context and inspiration for your students. Teachers will be guided in how to implement the slides with suggestions throughout the lab. All slides are editable, and can be projected for students or used as a teacher resource. To edit the Google Slides, make a copy into your personal Drive and edit as needed.

Other editable documents have been included to assist in implementing the Labs in a small group format. Print the worksheets as is or copy and edit those documents to suit the needs of your classroom. Example Data Collection sheet setups have been included for certain experiments as well as the original blank copy. While they offer suggestions for setup, these documents are all editable to best suit your classroom and the needs of your students.

Materials Purpose Recommendation

VEX GO Kit

For students to build the Hero Robot. 1 per group

VEX GO Competition Kit

To create the City Technology Rebuild Competition Field 1 per class

City Technology Rebuild Complete Build Instructions

To build the entire City Technology Rebuild Competition Field before beginning the Lab activities 1 per class

Competition Base 2.0 Build Instructions: 3D or PDF

For students to build the Competition Base 2.0 Hero Robot. 1 per group

Competition Advanced 2.0 Build Instructions: 3D or PDF

For students to add onto the Competition Base 2.0 to build the Competition Advanced 2.0 Hero Robot. 1 per group

Tablet or Computer 

For students to use VEXcode GO. 1 per group

VEXcode GO

For students to drive the Hero Robot using the Drive tab 1 per group

Lab 5 Image Slideshow

Google Doc / .pptx / .pdf

For teachers and students to reference throughout the Lab. 1 for teacher facilitation

Robotics Roles & Routines

Google Doc / .docx / .pdf

Editable Google Doc for organizing group work and best practices for using the VEX GO Kit. 1 per group

Pencils

For students to fill out written materials during the Lab. 1 per group

Pin Tool

To help remove pins or pry beams apart. 1 per group

Data Collection Sheet (Google Doc / .docx / .pdf) or Blueprint Worksheet (optional) (Google Doc / .docx / .pdf)

For students use to collect data in order to create a strategy for the competition 1 per group

Match Order sheet template (optional)

Google Doc / .docx / .pdf

To show students the order they will compete during the classroom competition. 1 per class

VEX GO Leaderboard (optional)

To keep track of teams' scores during the competition. 1 per class

Engineering Design Process Organizer  Google Doc / .docx / .pdf (optional)

For students to document the iterative process of design or strategy throughout the Lab. 1 per group

City Technology Rebuild Competition Scoring Sheet  Google Doc / .docx / .pdf

For tallying scores during the competition 1 per match

Engage

Begin the lab by engaging with the students.

  1. Hook

    Introduce the City Technology Rebuild Competition to students, and talk about how they will be able to score with any the tasks on the Field during this competition. In the previous Labs, we've learned how to do many different tasks on the City Technology Rebuild Field. What are some of the tasks that you remember? Which tasks do you think your team should try to complete during your match? What have we learned about being on a team that will help us have a successful competition as a class?

  2. Leading Question

    What do you think you will need to do or practice to develop a shared strategy with your teammates for the competition? 

  3. Build Competition Advanced 2.0 Hero Robot

Play

Allow students to explore the concepts introduced.

Part 1

Introduce students to creating a collaborative strategy for competing in the City Technology Rebuild Competition. Model using the engineering design process to create a strategy for the competition. Students will engage in this process with their teams to create and test their strategies for the competition.

Mid-Play Break

Students will share the strategies they plan to use in the competition, and how they worked as a team to create them. They will compare and contrast strategies between the teams, in order to reflect on the process of creating them and to predict what will occur during the competition in Play Part 2.

Part 2

Students will apply the strategies they created in Play Part 1 to participate in the City Technology Rebuild Competition! Each team will try to score as many points as they can in a one-minute match, by successfully completing as many of the competition tasks as they can.

Share

Allow students to discuss and display their learning.

Discussion Prompts