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Colonel Jo and a Code Base robot with a plow attachment on the front standing along the shoreline of a cartoon beach covered with trash. Jo and the robot are in the process of collecting the trash.

Ocean Emergency

3 Labs

Apply coding skills to help clean up the ocean using Code Base and VEXcode GO.

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Side view of a Code Base robot.

Lab 1

Plan and Build

Total Time: 40 minutes

Students will design and build the Code Base robot and extension arm to gather trash from the ocean.

How can I solve a problem?

Build: Code Base

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Side view of a Code Base robot with a plow attachment on the front made of two white plates.

Lab 2

Drive and Apply

Total Time: 40 minutes

Students will attach their extension arm to the Code Base robot and practice coding the robot.

How do I design and test a plan?

Build: Code Base

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Top down view of a course for the Code Base to complete. The robot starts in the upper left corner next to the green starting location. Six pieces of trash are marked in black along the course.

Lab 3

Practice and Drive

Total Time: 40 minutes

Students will code the Code Base robot and extension arm to move around challenge courses and pick up trash.

How do I practice what I’ve learned?

Build: Code Base

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