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VEX IQ Pacing Guides

View the Cumulative Pacing Guide to see all VEX IQ STEM Labs in various suggested sequences.

Cumulative Pacing Guide

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View the 1:1 Pacing Guide to see VEX IQ STEM Lab Units paired with connected VEXcode VR Activities.

1:1 Pacing Guide

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VEX IQ Activities

Apply STEM learning in fun and engaging ways, with easy to use VEX IQ activities.

Activities

VEX IQ STEM Labs & Activity Series

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Competition

Full Volume

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Byte robot on the Full Volume Field with a purple block in the intake and held over a goal, ready to be scored.

In this Unit, you will build Byte, the HeroBot for the 2023-2024 VIQRC Full Volume game and learn how to score. Throughout the Unit you will learn about driving Byte and how to begin to code Byte for autonomous movement so that you can participate in the Robot Skills Challenge during the competition season.
*Requires the IQ (2nd gen) Competition Kit

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Engineering

Tug of War

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Side view of two BaseBots at the start of a Tug of War match. A red arrow below each robot indicates that the robots will try to drive away from the center line to win the competition.

In this Unit, you will explore how mechanical advantage and center of mass affect the BaseBot’s ability to pull objects, and design the best robot for the game of Tug of War!

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Engineering

Space Adventure

Example build of a stable base for a lunar mission, constructed from IQ beams and plates.

Explore building techniques to design and construct a Moonbase, Buggy, Ramp, Pulley System, and a Motorized Rover to help astronauts in their missions on the Moon!

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Engineering

Team Freeze Tag

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Two BaseBots playing Team Freeze Tag. The robot on the left has a TouchLED that is glowing blue and is tagging the Bumper Switch of the robot on the right, which is glowing red to indicate that it has been frozen.

In this Unit, you will drive the BaseBot using the IQ Controller, choose wheels, and add sensors to compete in the Team Freeze Tag competition!

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Coding

Treasure Hunt

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A Simple Clawbot is at the edge of the Field with a red cube grasped in the claw and a second red cube in front of it, to score in the Treasure Hunt challenge.

In this Unit, you will build and code the Simple Clawbot with the Optical Sensor to recognize and collect red cubes to compete in the Treasure Hunt competition!

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Engineering

Up and Over

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Clawbot lifting a cube over the wall in the center of the Field in the Up and Over Challenge.

In this Unit, you will explore how to design a Clawbot to collect, pick up, and move cubes from one side of the Field to the other, in the Up and Over competition!

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Engineering

Robot Soccer

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Example of a Robot Soccer match in action with a Simple Clawbot scoring a cube off the edge of the Field.

In this Unit, you will explore how to create a manipulator on your robot to grab, pass, and score the most goals as a robot soccer player in the Robot Soccer competition!

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Coding

Sensors Testbed

Example testbed build that features sensors attached to a simple frame made out of IQ beams and plates.

Investigate how VEX IQ Sensors work and play a game that uses sensor feedback!

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Coding

Castle Crasher

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BaseBot with the Distance and Optical sensors attached knocking a two cube castle off of the corner of the raised Field in the Castle Crasher Competition

In this Unit, you will explore how to use the Optical and Distance sensors to seek, crash, and clear cube 'castles' to score points in the Castle Crasher competition!

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Coding

Cube Collector

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Clawbot scoring a blue cube in the Cube Collector Challenge, with other scored cubes stacked and scored around it.

In this Unit, you will explore the difference between driver control and autonomous challenges, as you learn to drive the Clawbot and code it to sort and stack cubes in the Cube Collector competition!

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Engineering

Tallest Tower

Silhouette of a tower on an Earthquake Platform, illustrating the challenge to design and build a tall structure that can withstand simulated earthquakes.

Build the tallest tower possible that can withstand a simulated earthquake.

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Coding

Drive Forward and Reverse

Completed VEX IQ Autopilot build that has been designed so that it can be built quickly and drive around either autonomously or with the Controller.<br /> <br />

Explore robot behaviors and create code to drive the Autopilot robot forward and in reverse.

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Coding

Turning

VEX IQ Autopilot build with an arrow indicating that it is turning.

Explore robot behaviors and create a project for the Autopilot robot to turn.

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Coding

Clawbot with Controller

Completed VEX IQ Clawbot build next to an IQ Controller, indicating that they will be used together.

Program the VEX Controller to direct the Clawbot IQ using the concept of loops.

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Coding

Changing Velocity

Side view of the VEX IQ Autopilot build with an arrow pointing ahead of it and a speedometer to indicate the velocity.

Explore changing the velocity of the Autopilot robot while creating projects that drive the robot.

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Coding

Movement Challenge

VEX IQ Autopilot in front of a sketched map showing a plan for the robot's path.

Program an Autopilot to drive on a designated path through a sequence of movements.

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Coding

Loop, There It Is!

VEX IQ Clawbot on a dance floor with a disco light shining behind it.

Learn how to program loops to get your robot grooving!

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Sensors

Vision Sensor

VEX IQ Autopilot with a Vision Sensor attached to the front of it.

Build and utilize a robot that will detect objects using color signatures.

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Coding

Speedy Delivery

VEX IQ Clawbot with the claw open and arm raised.

Program a robot to navigate a warehouse and to prepare packages for delivery.

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Coding

To Do, or Not To Do

VEX Clawbot IQ with lightbulb and thought bubbles drawn above it reading If and Else.

Program your robot to act on conditionals and create a User Interface (UI).

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Sensors

Testbed - VEX IQ Sensors

Completed VEX IQ Testbed build that can be used to investigate the VEX IQ Sensors.

Build a Testbed to investigate how the VEX IQ Sensors work and compete in the Sense It Challenge!

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Engineering

M.A.D. Box

VEX IQ M.A.D. Box build featuring a gear mechanism, demonstrating various gear arrangements and movements.

Explore how the mechanical advantages of torque and speed are related to gear ratios.

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Engineering

Grabber

VEX IQ Grabber build that uses a scissor linkage to show how a simple design can transfer motion.

Build a device that uses scissor linkages to convert the direction of motion and explore the mechanics of a scissor linkage.

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Legacy

VEX IQ Legacy Curriculum

VEX IQ Teacher Supplement book from the available VEX Legacy Materials.

Our legacy 12 Unit modular curriculum that serves as a companion to the VEX IQ platform.

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