The emphasis is on practical learning, collaboration, and laying the foundation for robot construction. The week concluded with a design challenge where students used their knowledge and creativity to design robots for specific tasks, fostering problem-solving skills and teamwork. They also learned about gears and gearboxes and experimented with how to integrate them into the robot’s design. To start, students worked in groups to build a simple wheeled robot, added motors to it, and learned to control them using the programming software. They explored the different VEX parts to understand their functions. We’re so proud of their teamwork!ĭuring the first week of the VEX Robotics class, students were introduced to the components of the VEX Robotics kit and engaged in hands-on activities. There was a race at the end with 4 rovers. On Thursday, two groups worked together to coordinate both of their rovers working together to pull a little plant. When some of the groups had problems connecting the rover engines to the iPad or questions about programming, students from other groups helped them so everyone could participate in the race. When the rovers were ready, the groups had a race to see whose rover went the fastest. On Tuesday, the students worked together in groups to build their rovers and help each other program the rovers. This week, our class familiarized themselves with the Lego kits and got to know each other better by working in different groups every day. This week, and over the course of this class, students will be given new design challenges to attempt every one or two days, such as building and programming their robots to drive to one end of the room and back, or picking up plastic balls and collecting them. This first week of class, students began their first day by exploring their Lego EV3 kits, and on the second day, started programming their robots.
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