Good afternoon, colleagues.
VEX Go EN Lesson1_RoboTeacher.pdf (289.9 KB)
I work with the VEX GO kit and have developed my own robotics program based on it. The lesson structure, logic, and worksheets are my own materials created from my personal teaching experience.
I would like to share a short lesson outline with the main activities and timing that I used during the first lesson. The last two pages are student worksheets with simple tasks that I print and give to my students during the class.
If you find it interesting, I would appreciate your feedback. What do you think about this format of learning materials, and do you use worksheets in your classes?
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Thanks so much for sharing! In case it’s helpful to you - there are some printable resources for VEX GO at printables.vex.com.
In terms of introducing students to VEX GO, the PDF storybook can be a useful tool to help students understand what VEX GO is and get excited about some of the things they will be able to do and learn with it. It also includes things like using the Pin Tool - which I was happy to see included in your plan too! Here’s a link directly to the book.
Let us know how things go for you!
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Good afternoon. Thank you. I have reviewed the resources on the website. I like to transform my own ideas into various additional materials. For example, worksheets with simple tasks such as “match with lines,” for instance connecting a programming block with what it does, or identifying the names of parts”. As a robotics teacher, I see this not only as a way to check knowledge and summarize the lesson, but also as a way to change the type of activity for children and keep them engaged.
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Hi Anatolii! I have been reading many of your posts and looking at your amazing creations! I am starting a VEX GO program at our school / after/before school program as well. I am very interested in making sure ALL students feel successful with the kit since I know I am laying the groundwork for their self-confidence with robotics and engineering. It is a huge responsibility. I really like how you have the introduction clearly laid out while not taking too long out of the limited time we have in the class. For block coding, I am hoping a can slowly ease the child who has never done it before into it while possibly sitting next to children who already have experience. Do you have kids spend time at home on VEX VR so they can learn at their own pace and then when it comes time to program the robot they have experience coming in?
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Sorry, longread.
Hello, and thank you for your question.
My situation is a bit different. I have a few students who work with VEX VR, but there are two main challenges.
First, the virtual robot is somewhat different from the standard VEX GO robot, even the basic one.
Second, as I understand it, using VEX GO in VR requires a Premium subscription, which provides access to the competition robot with a manipulator. Unfortunately, none of the parents were willing to purchase that subscription.
Personally, I strongly prefer teaching programming through physical robots rather than using VR. I believe hands-on experience provides much greater educational value.
I understand your concern about having students with different programming skill levels, but in my experience, that’s not a problem. Over the years, I’ve developed teaching methods that allow me to work effectively with mixed-ability groups. If you’re interested, I’d be happy to share some of those strategies.
Interestingly, programming itself has never been the biggest challenge for me. The real challenge has been that the official VEX GO resources include a fairly limited variety of models. That’s why I decided to start designing my own models specifically for my lessons and curriculum. At this point, I’ve created 24 original VEX GO models.
If you’d like to discuss teaching programming in more detail, I’d be happy to share my thoughts.
Thank you!
