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Elementary Robotics: Easy as Vex 123!

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, Terrace Ballroom Lobby, Table 5

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Teacher
Oswayo Valley School District
I am an Elementary STEM Teacher at the Oswayo Valley school district. I enjoy robotics, coding, and working with SAM Labs.

Session description

Have you ever wanted to add coding and robotics to your curriculum? Come check out how to achieve your goals with the Vex 123. This session will show you how to add Vex 123 robots to your K-5 STEAM Classes with engaging lessons and activities.

Purpose & objective

In this session, teachers will learn new hands-on activities that students will be excited about and want to learn more about. With these activities, students will get to code, create, and build by making mazes, building castles, and programming robots to maneuver around obstacles.

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Outline

Welcome and Overview
Introduction to Vex123 robots
Lesson Ideas and Activities
Demonstration and Hands-On Activities

This is meant for a Poster session. The timing would depend on how long an individual persion.

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Supporting research

https://www.vexrobotics.com/123

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Session specifications

Topic:
Computer science & computational thinking
Grade level:
PK-5
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Library media specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices not needed
Subject area:
STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Learner
  • Pursue professional interests by creating and actively participating in local and global learning networks.
For Students:
Empowered Learner
  • Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
Computational Thinker
  • Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.