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This bundle includes the following - Gear Ratios Lecture - Gear Ratio Lecture notes fill in worksheet - Basic Gear Ratios worksheet and key - Advanced Gear Ratios worksheet and key - Gear box Exchange handout - visual guide to VEX motor gears. I keep a few laminated in my classroom for student reference. All of my items in TPT are no fuss. Just things I use in my VEX EDR Classroom. If you find any mistakes please let me know. Thank you!

This is a great resource to get your VEX EDR classroom or kit organized. Small photos along with names for all of the VEX EDR small parts. I've printed mine then attached to drawers using packing tape. It's in word format so you can resize to fit your storage. It could also be printed for student notebooks or classroom reference poster. I'm not a fancy teacher- It's just the simple parts and names.

This is a great beginner gear ratio worksheet. It does not teach gear ratios but would be great for students to do after you do a general lesson on gear ratios. It pairs with the Gears Lecture I offer. After they get these basics they can move on to the advanced gear ratio worksheet. Answer key is included

These are simple labels I created to help organize my VEX V5 parts. This list has the parts available as of Dec 2018. I will update as they release more parts. This is downloadable as a MS word document so you can scale the images to sizes that fit your containers. It's organized into a table. I'm not a professional TPTer... just trying to save some other some time : )

This worksheet is for use when practicing more advanced gear ratios. This worksheet takes approximately 50 min to complete. It is suggested that you include some of the vex gears to use as manipulative when using this worksheet. This worksheet does NOT teach gear ratios. It's designed to be a followup or practice to a lecture or activity explaining gear ratios. This product has been updated to include an answer key.

Looking to get your VEX classroom organized? These tags can make all the difference. These can be printed as is or edited to fit your containers. Just print ( color works best) and tape to your containers. You will be amazed at how much cleaner your build room stays and how fewer questions you get from students about parts locations. . This bundle includes the Wheels, Metal, Sensors and Motors, small and specialty parts as well as Misc and Gears tags. These are each sold separately for $2.00

This is a quick VEX Rubric for grading a uniquely built robot for your class. It incorporates good building practices like 2 points on contact and wire control. I use this after each challenge and grade it with the students as we talk about their robot and design. Format is word document so you can edit as needed.

After several seasons of arguing with my teams about their Engineering notebooks I developed this task list. It includes all of the items and topics needed for your team to produce a winning notebook. I've made this a word document download so you can edit it. It has made a huge difference in the quality of our notebooks and helped my students and myself meet time frames for completing notebook tasks. I usually give each team a copy of this and have them complete it then hang in the classroom

This is a COMPLETE BUNDLE OF VEX IQ PARTS LABELS. My robotics classroom was getting out of control and students were having a hard time finding parts. I made these labels to organize my parts. I suggest printing out the labels in color. Cutting them up, laminating them and then taping them onto your bins based on how you organize your parts. Because it's a google document you can scale the parts photos to meet the size of your storage. This particular file does not have a ton of labels. I plan

If you need a 15 min time filler in robotics class this is a great worksheet. It has links to 6 robotics videos and reflections for each. You could do the entire worksheet in a 90 min sitting. However I think it's best used as a quick time filler of 15 min. Or watch a few on a day you have to have a sub. Keep the worksheet then hand out again to work on the next video when the time is right. Videos are about the variety of robotics applications in present time and the future.

If your VEX team is part of a class then grading at Tournaments is a must. Here is a quick and simple rubric to score individual based upon tournament results, attitude and organization. Also it includes a rubric for grading individuals who are part of the team but didn't travel to the competition. Files are in word so you can customize to your teams.

This digital download includes 3 pages that help students. 1- Identify battery issues with their V5 batteries 2- Pairing the V5 Joystick controller with the V5 Cortex 3 - Activating the V5 "Competition Switch" featured on the V5 Cortex I have these printed out and laminated in my classroom so students can quickly find solutions or refresh their memory for problem solving. I'm a regular classroom teacher so all of my downloads are no fuss and no frill.

This is a basic lecture for Gear Ratios in VEX EDR/V5 . All of my downloads are no frills and no fuss. They are just items I use in class that I'm trying to share with others. This lecture is 24 slides long. It explains how gears work, how to calculate a gear ratio (There are several ways/methods to do this. I teach this in the way I've found my high school students can understand and apply to their robots). Teachers would need a basic understanding of ratios, fraction simplification and gea

Looking to get your VEX classroom organized? These tags can make all the difference. I've created a table of every VEX part - this is the Sensors and Motors parts download. These can be printed as is or edited to fit your containers. Just print ( color works best) and tape to your containers. You will be amazed at how much cleaner your build room stays and how fewer questions you get from students about parts locations. This product is also available as part of the VEX EDU Parts Labels - Com

Scouting at VEX tournaments is an important part of a successful team. This is one of the scouting sheets our team uses for the current years competition - In the Zone. We are the 2017 VEX Oregon State Champion and would not have been able to achieve this without great scouting. This will download as a fully editable excel spreadsheet.

I got tired of answering the same questions over and over.... so I've started creating "template" items for my VEX robotics classroom. These are 1 page helpers for students. This item is sold by itself and as part of my VEX Helper Template Bundle. I would recommend laminating this and then making an area ( I use a wall hanging basket) to keep all of your templates in so students can answer their own questions. I will be adding to this section as I continue to make more Templates. EVERY studen

This planning worksheet is used for basic VEX EDR robots. I use this with my Robotics 1 class ( this class is learning basic coding and then going into free build robots do compete in classroom contests). This is NOT used for the VEX Worlds Challenge each year. This worksheet incorporates isometric sketching as well as traditional multiview. It also has a section for students to document their schematics of the cortex.

This is a handout that goes with my Gear Ratios Lecture. It is a basic lecture for Gear Ratios in VEX EDR/V5 . All of my downloads are no frills and no fuss. They are just items I use in class that I'm trying to share with others. This lecture is 24 slides long. It explains how gears work, how to calculate a gear ratio (There are several ways/methods to do this. I teach this in the way I've found my high school students can understand and apply to their robots). Teachers would need a basic u

Having a hard time deciding what type of robot to build. Complete this worksheet and learn how decision matrix can guide your design process. Students should work in teams to brainstorm and complete matrix. This worksheet is adaptable for any VEX competition

This is a great 1 class period quick model lesson to learn the 12 Cranial Nerves. Product includes a short slideshow with instructions, materials list, examples and printouts for student models. I don't make anything fancy - just useful.