Teacher Resources
Below you will find resources available to support you in planning and implementing the Clean Water Mission Unit with your students.
Planning and Implementation
Facilitating the Clean Water Mission Unit
View the Facilitation Guide to find support as you facilitate each of the Stages in this Unit. You can also view animations of sample solutions below.
Facilitating This Unit
Pacing Guide
Teachers and schools desire a plan for instruction that aligns with their goals. Check out our recommendations for pacing instruction based on the school calendar, the classroom schedule, and student learning needs.
Cumulative Pacing Guide
Materials Needed
Here is a list containing everything you need to implement this EXP STEM Lab Unit into your school or classroom.
Master Materials List
Standards Alignment
VEX EXP STEM Lab Units align with many different U.S. and international standards bodies. View the following pages to see where and how these standards are reached in the Units.
Rubric
Below is the open-ended challenges rubric used with students and teachers for summative assessment at the end of the Unit.
Clean Water Mission Open-Ended Challenges Rubric
Letter Home
The Letter Home can be shared with your classroom guardians to communicate what students are doing and learning through the Clean Water Mission Unit in the classroom, and how they can continue this learning at home. This Letter Home can also be personalized to meet your classroom community's needs.
Clean Water Mission Letter Home
Facilitation Support
Learn more about productive struggle and learning in open-ended challenges with this article.
Learning in Open-Ended Challenges
Potential Solutions
There are many ways your students may solve the challenges within this Unit. The animations below provide just one possible example on how your students robots could move in order to solve the challenge. Use these animations for reference as you are facilitating each Stage. For more information about facilitating this Unit, view the Facilitation Guide above.
Stage 1: Contaminated Water Challenge
In this animation, the EXP Clawbot identifies the red Buckyball which represents contaminated water. The robot drives, picks up the red Buckyball, then moves the contaminated water to the treatment area. Once the red Buckyball has been delivered, it is removed from the Field and a new Buckyball appears in the collection area. The robot then repeats the behaviors to identify and deliver contaminated water a second time. As each Buckyball is delivered, it is checked off at the top to indicate successful completion.
Stage 2: Sort and Sanitize Challenge
In this animation, the EXP Clawbot first identifies the red Buckyball which represents contaminated water. The robot drives forward, picks up the red Buckyball, then moves the contaminated water to the treatment area. Once the red Buckyball has been delivered, it is removed from the Field and a new, blue Buckyball appears in the collection area. The robot then drives back to the same pickup location in the collection area, picks up the blue Buckyball representing clean water, and delivers it to the purification area. Once the blue Buckyball has been delivered, it is removed from the Field. The robot then repeats the behaviors to identify and deliver contaminated and clean water a second time. As each Buckyball is delivered, it is checked off at the top to indicate successful completion.
Stage 3: Water Distribution Challenge
In this animation, the EXP Clawbot completes the same behaviors as the Stage 2: Sort and Sanitize animation above. Then after identifying and delivering all four Buckyballs, the robot goes to the water purification area and collects a blue Ring, representing purified water. The blue Ring is then driven to the distribution area. Once the blue Ring is delivered, it is removed from the Field and another blue Ring appears in the water purification area. The robot then repeats these behaviors with the second Ring. As each element is delivered, it is checked off at the top to indicate successful completion.
Stage 4: Global Clean Water Challenge
In this animation, the EXP Clawbot completes the same behaviors as the Stage 3: Water Distribution Challenge animation above, but the layout of the areas have been altered. The order of the areas in this animation are: water treatment, water purification, water collection, then water delivery. As elements are successfully delivered, they are again checked off at the top.