Summary

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.

Engage

Begin the lab by engaging with the students.

1. Hook

   Introduce students to the new game objects and goals of the Raise the Roof Competition - removing the supplies from the Fire Station, raising the Emergency Shelter roof, and delivering the supplies to the orange square in the Shelter. Using what you learned in Lab 1, how do you think you might remove and deliver the supplies?  What do you think you will need to do to raise the Emergency Shelter roof? What do you remember about working as a team in Lab 1, that could help you be a good teammate in this competition?

2. Leading Question

   How do you think you will need to move your Hero Robot to score points in this competition?

3. Build Competition Advanced 2.0 Hero Robot

Play

Allow students to explore the concepts introduced.

Part 1

Introduce the new game elements and the goals of the Raise the Roof Competition, showing how points can be scored by removing the supplies from the Fire Station and delivering them to the orange square inside the Emergency Shelter, after raising the Shelter roof. Then model how to connect a Brain to VEXcode GO, and use the Drive tab to drive the Hero Robot to remove and deliver the supplies, and raise the roof. Students will take turns driving the Hero Robot to practice each of these tasks.

Mid-Play Break

Students will talk about how they were able to work together to remove and deliver the supplies, as well as raise the Emergency Shelter roof. They will discuss what was challenging for them, the strategies they used to solve problems, and how they can apply what they have learned through their driving practice in Play Part 1 to help them compete successfully in the Raise the Roof Competition.

Part 2

Students will apply what they practiced in Play Part 1 to participate in the Raise the Roof Competition! Each team will try to get the fastest time possible as they remove the supplies from the Fire Station, raise the roof of the Emergency Shelter, and deliver the supplies to the orange square in the Shelter with the Hero Robot.

Share

Allow students to discuss and display their learning.

Discussion Prompts

• What went well for your team in the competition? What would you like to improve on?
• Did your team make any mistakes in the competition that you could learn from for the next time?
• What is one thing that you did that made you a good teammate in the competition? What is one thing your teammate did that was helpful to you in the competition? 
• What have you learned about driving the Hero Robot to lift and place objects on the Lab that might be useful in future competitions?