LL's Toolbox

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

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.

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 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

Simple worksheet to write down notes for Vex Cortex. Includes link to online flashcards of vex parts.