That sounds like a great night for those students!
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One of my favorite activities to get students building and interacting with IQ for the first time is the Tallest Tower Challenge. You can integrate conversations about stability and center of gravity really easily while still having a great hands on activity that students can take as much or as little time as they want.
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You can also do some sort of driving challenge using the Controller with the Clawbot or BaseBot! I would recommend using something like the Figure 8 challenge from the Team Freeze Tag Unit.
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For something using the Clawbot, I would recommend doing a simple grab and place challenge using some of the older VRC or VIQRC game materials (blocks from this year or rings from the Tipping Point season would be good).
A lot of these activities (or ones just like it) are also covered in our free Online Camps! You can take a look at how we present the activities and share them directly with students here: VEX IQ Robot Games Camp
Another note about the builds, the 1st gen Clawbot and Autopilot can take quite a bit of time to build. @Matthew_Goodwin actually made some simpler versions for 1st gen and posted it in the IQ section of PD+! I’ll share a snippet of his message below, but if you go through and get certified in IQ, then you can see the whole message as well as some of the other great IQ resources in that category of the Community.
