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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 Stage 2 of the Mars Math Expedition Field 1 per class

Mars Math - Stage 3 Build Instructions

 To build Stage 3 of the competition field before beginning the Lab activities 1 per group

Competition Base 2.0 Build Instructions (PDF) or Competition Base 2.0 Build Instructions (3D)

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

Competition Advanced 2.0 Build Instructions (PDF) or Competition Advanced 2.0 Build Instructions (3D) 

 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 3 Image Slideshow

Google Doc / .pptx / .pdf

 For teachers and students to reference throughout the Lab. 1 per class

Mars Math Expedition PDF Storybook

 To use to introduce the Competition your students. 1 for classroom use

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 the Robotics Roles & Routines sheet. 1 per group

Pin Tool

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

 Blueprint Worksheet (optional)

Google Doc / .docx / .pdf

 

Data Collection Sheet (optional)

Google Doc / .docx / .pdf

 For students to document their learning throughout the Lab. 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' scoring during the competition. 1 per class

Engineering Design Process Organizer

Google Doc / .docx / .pdf

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

Engage

Begin the lab by engaging with the students.

  1. Hook

    Introduce students to the new game elements used for the Blast Off! competition. How do you think each game element will move? Based on what you have learned in the previous Labs, how do you think you could use the Hero Robot to manipulate them to score points? What do you remember about working as a team in Lab 2, 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 each task of this competition?

  3. Build Competition Advanced 2.0 Hero Robot

Play

Allow students to explore the concepts introduced.

Part 1

Introduce the goals of the Blast Off! competition, demonstrating how to score points with each one. Then model how to connect a Brain to VEXcode GO, and use the Drive tab to drive the Hero Robot to tilt the Solar Panel, raise the Rocket Ship, remove the debris from the Landing Site, place the helicopter on the Landing Pad by hand, and end with the robot on the red Tile. Students will take turns driving the Hero Robot to practice each of the tasks.

Mid-Play Break

Students will discuss how they were able to work together to accomplish the goals of the Blast Off! competition. They will discuss what challenges they faced during Play Part 1, how they solved them, and how they can apply what they learned to help them to compete successfully with their team in the Blast Off! competition.

Part 2

Students will apply what they practiced in Play Part 1 to participate in the Blast Off! Competition! Each team will try to score as many points as they can in a one minute match by creating a strategy to complete as many of the competition tasks as they can with the Hero Robot.

Share

Allow students to discuss and display their learning.

Discussion Prompts

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