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This lesson plan includes an introduction to torque and speed and how they will relate in the building of a VEX robot tractor. There are detailed instructions for starting a program in VEXCode V5 (very similar to EXP). Any kind of VEX parts can be used for the build.

This lesson set contains 5 lessons that will teach your students how to do basic things in scratch. L1 Looks and Events - Students will learn how to control sprites with events and change their basic looks. Students will walk through the directions on the cat, and then will create their own blocks for the rabbit. L2 Motion - Students will learn how to control the movement of sprites with events and changing the X and Y of the sprite. L3 Loops - Students will learn how to create repeating ac

The idea of the breakout room is so much fun! I like the hybrid kind where I don't need as many locks or physical pieces. In this breakout room students use a Google Form to save their codes and progress. The form is set up so that they can not move on without solving the previous puzzle. This Breakout room is all about CELLS, their basic structure and function. I used it as a final fun activity before the test. I used Morse Code in this one. I find that with middle schoolers, multiple codes con