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 Stage 3 of the Ocean Exploration Field | 1 per class |
| To build Stage 3 of the competition field before beginning the Lab activities | 1 per group | |
| For students to build the Competition Base 2.0 Hero Robot | 1 per group | |
| For students to add onto the Competition Base 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 | |
| For teachers and students to reference throughout the Lab | 1 per group | |
| 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 sheet. | 1 per group |
| To help remove pins and pry beams apart | 1 per group | |
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Blueprint Worksheet (Google / .docx / .pdf) and/or Data Collection Sheet (Google / .docx / .pdf) (optional) |
For students to document their learning throughout the Lab | 1 per group |
| 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 | 1 per class |
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Engineering Design Process Organizer (optional) Google / .docx / .pdf |
For students to document the iterative process of design or strategy throughout the Lab | 1 per group |
Engage
Begin the lab by engaging with the students.
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Hook
Introduce students to the new game elements used for the Volcano Deposit! competition. How do you think you could use the Hero Robot arm to manipulate movement of game pieces on the Field? Based on what you have learned in the previous Labs, how do you think you could use the Hero Robot to manipulate the sensor to score points? What do you remember about working as a team in Lab 2, that could help you be a good teammate in this competition?
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Leading Question
How do you think you will need to move your Hero Robot and the Hero Robot arm to score points in each task of this competition?
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Build
Competition Advanced 2.0 Hero Robot
Play
Allow students to explore the concepts introduced.
Part 1
Introduce the goals of the Volcano Deposit! competition, demonstrating how to score points with each one. Then model how to connect a Brain to VEXcode GO, and use the Drive tab to drive the Hero Robot to move the orange sensor to the Volcano, and use the Hero Robot arm to lift the orange sensor to the top of the Volcano. Students will take turns driving the Hero Robot to practice each of the tasks.
Mid-Play Break
Students will discuss how they were able to work together to accomplish the goals of the Volcano Deposit! competition. They will discuss what challenges they faced during Play Part 1, how they solved them, and how they can apply what they learned to help them to compete successfully with their team in the Volcano Deposit! competition.
Part 2
Students will apply what they practiced in Play Part 1 to participate in the Volcano Deposit! Competition. Each team will try to score as many points as they can in a one minute match by creating a strategy to complete as many of the competition tasks as they can with the Hero Robot.
Share
Allow students to discuss and display their learning.
Discussion Prompts
- What went well for your team in the competition? What would you do differently next time?
- What is one thing that you did that made you a good teammate in the competition? What is one thing your teammate did that was helpful to you in the competition?
- What did you learn about driving your Hero Robot to lift a sensor up to a specific location? What worked well, and what didn’t? If you wanted to redesign the Hero Robot to better lift the sensor, what would you do?