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.
| Materials | Purpose | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
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VEX GO Kit |
For students to build the Hero Robot | 1 per group |
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VEX GO Competition Kit |
To create the Village Engineering Construction competition Field | 1 per class |
| To build the entire Village Engineering Construction competition field before beginning the Lab activities | 1 per class | |
| For students to build the Competition Base 2.0 Hero Robot | 1 per group | |
| For students to add onto the Competition Base 2.0 to build the Competition Advanced 2.0 Hero Robot | 1 per group | |
| For students to use VEXcode GO | 1 per group | |
| For students to drive the Hero Robot using the Drive Tab | 1 per group | |
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Lab 5 Image Slideshow Google Doc / .pptx / .pdf |
For teachers and students to reference throughout the Lab | 1 for teacher facilitation |
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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 |
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Pencils |
For students to fill out the Robotics Roles & Routines and Data Collection sheets | 1 per group |
| To help remove pins and pry beams apart | I per group | |
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Blueprint Worksheet (optional) Google Doc / .docx / .pdf
Data Collection Sheet (optional) Google Doc / .docx / .pdf |
For students to use to collect data in order to create a strategy for the competition | 1 per group |
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Match Order Sheet Template (optional) Google Doc / .docx / .pdf |
To show students the order they will compete during the classroom competition | 1 per class |
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VEX GO Leaderboard (optional) |
To keep track of teams' scoring during the competition | I per class |
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Engineering Design Process Organizer (optional) Google Doc / .docx / .pdf |
For students to document the iterative process of design or strategy throughout the Lab | 1 per group |
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Village Engineering Construction Competition Score Sheet (optional) Google Doc / .docx / .pdf |
For students to use to keep track of their scoring during competition matches. | 1 per match |
Engage
Begin the lab by engaging with the students.
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Hook
Introduce the Village Engineering Construction competition to students, and how they will be able to score with the tasks on the Field during this competition. In the previous Labs, we've learned how to do many different tasks on the Village Engineering Construction Field. What are some of the tasks that you remember? Which tasks do you think your team should try to complete during your match? What have we learned about being on a team that will help us have a successful competition as a class?
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Leading Question
What do you think you will need to do or practice to develop a strategy for the competition?
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Build
Competition Base 2.0 + Competition Advanced 2.0
Play
Allow students to explore the concepts introduced.
Part 1
Introduce students to creating a collaborative strategy for competing in the Village Engineering Construction competition. Model using the engineering design process to create a strategy for the competition. Review with students each of the tasks from Labs 1-4. Remind students for the Village Engineering Construction competition, tasks from the labs can be completed in any order, and do not need to be completed in the order of the previous labs. Students will engage in this process with their teams to create and test their strategies for the competition.
Mid-Play Break
Students will share the strategies they plan to use in the competition, and how they worked as a team to create them. They will compare and contrast strategies between the teams, in order to reflect on the process of creating them and to predict what will occur during the competition in Play Part 2.
Part 2
Students will apply the strategies they created in Play Part 1 to participate in the Village Engineering Construction competition! Each team will try to score as many points as they can in a two-minute match, by successfully completing as many of the competition tasks as they can.
Share
Allow students to discuss and display their learning.
Discussion Prompts
- How was your team's strategy successful during the competition? What would you change about your strategy if you were going to compete again?
- Was it helpful to complete tasks in a different order from the original Labs, or did your team complete tasks in the Lab order?
- What are some ways in which your team collaborated well during the competition? What is something that you did to contribute to your team's success? What is something your teammate did that contributed to your team's success?
- What did you learn about working on a team that could be helpful to you in your everyday life?