My students compete in FIRST Lego League Robotics Competition. After the season, we use this as a project in the classroom. I am able to use it as 4 daily grades as well as a test grade. This activity usually takes my students 2-4 weeks to complete.

This activity is used as a culminating activity for assessing student understanding of building and programming robots. I use this with my 8th graders (second year), and modify the requirements for my 7th graders (first year). We build the course using cardboard and duct tape on a 4'X8' FLL competition table, using the back of the current season's mat to mark the beginning, end and line following sections with electrical tape. (You could modify this to meet your standards/classroom.)

Student use Lego EV3 robots and program using the Mindstorm software. Could be adapted for the use of other robotic equipment.

All documents are in PDF form as well as Microsoft Office files, which give you the ability to modify to meet the needs of your class.

Items included in this listing:

Course instructions/grading requirements

Course Planning

Course Grading summary

Images of a sample course

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In my plans, I use a Lego ramp. The build instructions are property of FIRST Lego League, and can be easily downloaded from their website at www.firstlegoleague.org/past-challenges

The ramp is from the 2016 Animal Allies Challenge. Instructions can be found in the "Bag 10" file within the Mission Model Building Instructions zip file.