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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

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.

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 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.

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.

This investigation is modeled after a popular online investigation for VEX. The worksheet has students test out code virtually vs real world to look for discrepancies as well as find patterns in comparing Power and Distance in Vex Robotics. This investigation takes about 60 min to complete.

This is a basic Shaft Encoder Calculations Worksheet. I introduce this worksheet as part of the VEX basketball lines challenge. It gives students practice taking distances and translating them into degrees for the shaft encoders.

This worksheet is used for students to practice writing code without the computer. It can be used for students to take notes, write code for a quiz, document new code ideas and peer review and check for errors.