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Implementing VEX GO STEM Labs

STEM Labs are designed to be the online teacher’s manual for VEX GO. Like a printed teacher’s manual, the teacher-facing content of the STEM Labs provides all of the resources, materials, and information needed to be able to plan, teach, and assess with VEX GO. The Lab Image Slideshows are the student-facing companion to this material. For more detailed information about how to implement a STEM Lab in your classroom, see the Implementing VEX GO STEM Labs article.

Goals and Standards

Goals

Students will apply

  • How to drive their Hero Robot to trigger the landslide, releasing the rocks on the Field.
  • How to drive their Hero Robot to move the rocks to the Red Tile on the Field.
  • How to score points in the competition by triggering the landslide and moving the rocks to the Red Tile on the Field.

Students will make meaning of

  • How to participate in a VEX GO competition successfully.
  • How to work with a team to compete in the Landslide! Competition.

Students will be skilled at

  • Constructing the Hero Robot from build instructions.
  • Connecting a Brain to a tablet or computer in VEXcode GO. 
  • Using the Drive tab in VEXcode GO to drive and turn the Hero Robot.
  • Using the Drive tab to control the arm on the Hero Robot.
  • Changing the Drive Mode on the Drive tab in VEXcode GO.
  • Assigning a motor to a Port in the Drive tab in VEXcode GO.
  • Setting and resetting the Field for a competition match.
  • Triggering the landslide with the robot.
  • Moving the rocks to the Red Tile with the robot.

Students will know

  • How to drive the Hero Robot to trigger the landslide and move the rocks to the Red Tile on the Field.
  • How to work with a team to participate in a competition.

Objective(s)

Objective

  1. Students will demonstrate how to drive their Hero Robot to press the mechanism that triggers the landslide, and then move the rocks to the Red Tile on the Field to clear the roadway.
  2. Students will demonstrate collaboration and teamwork to participate in the Landslide! Competition.

Activity

  1. In Play Part 1, students will learn about the landslide mechanism and how to drive the robot to press it so that the rocks are released onto the Field and can be moved to the Red Tile. They will then demonstrate how to use the Drive tab to successfully drive the robot to trigger the landslide and move one rock to the Red Tile as they practice with the Hero Robot.
  2. During the Engage section, students will demonstrate their understanding of how to collaborate in a competition setting. During Play Part 1, they will take turns practicing for the competition, and will demonstrate collaborative learning as they work to trigger the landslide and move a rock to the red Tile. In Play Part 2, students will demonstrate collaboration and teamwork as they apply their learning from Play Part 1 to score the most points they can in the competition.

 

Assessment

  1. In Play Part 2, students will demonstrate how to drive their Hero Robot using the Drive tab to score points in the Landslide! Competition by triggering the landslide and moving the rocks to the Red Tile on the Field during their match. 
  2. During Play Part 2, students will demonstrate collaboration and teamwork during the competition as they participate in their matches together, developing and applying a driving strategy to trigger the landslide and move the rocks to the Red Tile on the Field to score points. During the Share section, students will discuss how they were a good teammate and what they learned about being on a team that helped them to be successful in the competition.

Connections to Standards

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