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 plan and start a VEXcode GO project that makes the Code Base robot complete a dangerous, dirty or dull task.

Students will make meaning of

How to create a project with the Code Base robot and VEXcode GO that mimics real world challenges for robots in the workplace.
How robots can do jobs that are dirty, dull or dangerous; such as unsanitary work cleaning sewers, dull work in warehouses, or dangerous work fighting fires.

Students will be skilled at

Planning and starting a project using VEXcode GO.
Describing their project plan with another group.
Creating a sequence of Drivetrain commands together so the Code Base robot can complete a task.
Identifying and explaining a robot job that is either dirty, dull, or dangerous.

Students will know

How to correctly sequence Drivetrain commands in a VEXcode GO.
How to plan and start a project with the Code Base robot and VEXcode GO that mimics real world challenges for robots in the workplace.

Objective(s)

Objective

Students will identify the behaviors needed in order for the Code Base robot to complete a challenge.
Students will use VEXcode GO to create a project that solves a real-world challenge.
Students will identify how a Code Base robot is completing a task that is either dirty, dull, or dangerous.

Activity

In Play Part 1, students will create a project plan that identifies the behaviors needed to complete the challenge.
In Play Part 2, students will use VEXcode GO to create and test their solutions.
In Play Part 1, students will work collaboratively to identify a scenario for their challenge activity.

Assessment

Students will create a project plan using a Blueprint Worksheet in Play Part 1, and share their plan with the teacher during the Mid-Play break.
Students will create and test their solution for the teacher during Play Part 2.
Students will write out their scenario in Play Part 1 and share with the teacher during the Mid-Play Break section.

Connections to Standards

Showcase Standards

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.A.1: Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.

How Standard is Achieved: Students will have to describe the movement of the Code Base robot (relative to the goals of the challenge) in their project plan in Play Part 1.

Showcase Standards

Computer Science Teacher Association (CSTA)

CSTA 1A-AP-10: Develop programs with sequences and simple loops, to express ideas or address a problem.

How Standard is Achieved: Students will need to sequence behaviors together correctly in both their project plan in Play Part 1, but also the VEXcode GO project they create in Play Part 2.

Showcase Standards

Computer Science Teacher Association (CSTA)

CSTA 1B-AP-11: Decompose (break down) problems into smaller, manageable subproblems to facilitate the program development process.

How Standard is Achieved: Students will be given a challenge in Play Part 1 that they will then need to decompose into behaviors with their project plan in Play Part 1.

Additional Standards

Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)

CSTA 1B-IC-20: Seek diverse perspectives for the purpose of improving computational artifacts.

How Standard is Achieved: Students brainstorm and plan the path the robot needs to take in order to complete the task. They discuss their plan with other groups and share ideas on how to complete the activity. The teacher facilitates these discussions so students have guidance on how to seek those differing perspectives from other groups in order to improve their VEXcode GO projects.

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