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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 Village Engineering Construction Field 1 per class

Village Engineering Construction - Stage 2 Build Instructions

 To build Stage 2 of the competition field before beginning the Lab activities 1 per class

Competition Base 2.0 Build Instructions PDF or 3D

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

Competition Advanced 2.0 Build Instructions PDF or 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 2 Image Slideshow

Google Doc / .pptx / .pdf

 For teachers and students to reference throughout the Lab 1 for teacher facilitation

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 and Data Collection sheets 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 I per group

Pin Tool

 To help remove pins or pry beams apart 1 per group

Match Order Sheet Template

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 I per class

Engage

Begin the lab by engaging with the students.

  1. Hook

    Introduce students to the new goal of aligning the Wind Turbine and lowering the Bridge on the Field in the Expand the Village Competition. Using what you learned in Lab 1, how do you think you might be able to move the components of the Wind Turbine to align the green beams and lower the Bridge? What are some different ways to move the objects on the Field? 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 robot to score points in this competition?

  3. Build Competition Base + Competition Advanced

Play

Allow students to explore the concepts introduced.

Part 1

Introduce the goal of the Expand the Village Competition, and how to align the green beams on the Wind Turbine and how to lower the Bridge. Then model how to connect a Brain to VEXcode GO, and use the Drive tab to drive the Hero Robot to align the Wind Turbine and lower the Bridge. Students will take turns driving the Hero Robot to practice various strategies to accomplish both tasks.

Mid-Play Break

Students will talk about how they were able to work together to accomplish both tasks of aligning the Wind Turbine and lowering the Bridge on the Field. Students should discuss various strategies and order of accomplishing the tasks to share what they found to be the most efficient method of accomplishing both tasks. They will discuss what was challenging for them, how they solved the problem, and how they can apply what they have learned through their driving practice in Play Part 1 to help them compete successfully in the Expand the Village Competition.

Part 2

Students will apply what they practiced in Play Part 1 to participate in the Expand the Village Competition! Each team will try to score both points possible in a one minute match by aligning the Wind Turbine and lowering the Bridge on the Field with the Hero Robot. 

Share

Allow students to discuss and display their learning.

Discussion Prompts

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