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1 | Summary: | • This Pacing Guide is intended to offer a possible organization for a hybrid class, using VEX 123, and was developed as part of the COVID Resources to support teachers. • In it, VEX 123 STEM Lab Units are paired with VEX 123 Activities that cover similar subjects or concepts. • This list is organized in a trajectory from beginner to advanced in terms of concepts and content, from top to bottom. • See the Using VEX 123 Activities in the Classroom Knowledge Base article for more information about how to incorporate these activities with the 123 STEM Lab Units. | |||
2 | 123 STEM Lab Unit | 123 STEM Lab Description | 123 Activities | Concepts in Common | |
3 | Intermediate/Advanced <--------> Beginner | Meet Your Robot | Meet your 123 Robot through a story-based Lab that introduces vocabulary, functions, and features of the 123 Robot. | Path Finder Word Play Robot Count | Introduction to the 123 Robot Touch to Code |
4 | Touch to Code | Use the touch buttons on your 123 Robot to complete coding challenges! | Invention Time Path Finder Robot Count Robot Parade Tow Truck Challenge Word Play | Introduction to the 123 Robot Touch to Code Building an Adaptation on the 123 Robot | |
5 | Number Line | Practice early addition skills using a number line, the 123 Robot, and manipulatives to represent numbers and number values. | Robot Count Word Problems Make 10 | Touch to Code Counting/Numeracy Addition | |
6 | Moving from Touch to Coder | Transition from touch button coding to using the Coder and Coder cards by creating projects for the 123 Robot to drive to visit animals in the zoo. | Peacock Party Move Around | Using the Coder Robot Behaviors Sequencing | |
7 | Intro to Coding | Investigate how programming languages are sets of rules where symbols represent actions, and actions become robot behaviors. | Peacock Party Move Around Robot Bowling Clean Your Room | Using the Coder Robot Behaviors Sequencing | |
8 | Find the Bug | Use a debugging process and the Step button on the coder to identify, find and fix bugs in coding projects. | Flamingos in the Wild Move Around Ring and Run Crash and Debug | Using the Coder Robot Behaviors Sequencing Debugging | |
9 | Role Play Robot | Create projects that communicate an emotion through the behaviors of the 123 Robot. | Training Your Pet Coder Monster Corner Color | Using the Coder Robot Behaviors Social-Emotional Learning | |
10 | Calm Down Robot | Code your 123 Robot to act out behaviors connected to different feelings, and create a Calm Down Code that you and your 123 Robot can do together! | Act It Out Coder Monster Training Your Pet | Social-Emotional Learning Robot Behaviors Using the Coder | |
11 | Coding Fundamentals | Practice early coding skills by creating a project using sequenced commands with 123 Coder cards while also learning to troubleshoot problems. | Corner Color Move Around Ring and Run Crash and Debug | Using the Coder Robot Behaviors Sequencing Debugging | |
12 | Little Red Robot | Code the 123 Robot to become Little Red Robot and drive to Grandmother’s house! | Flamingos in the Wild Ring and Run Robot Bowling Recycle Robot Rush Red Fish, Blue Fish | Using the Coder Sequencing Eye Sensor Loops Algorithms | |
13 | Mars Rover: Surface Operations | Help scientists by coding the 123 Robot to collect samples on Mars! | Around the Town Cross the Bridge Traffic Cone | Using VEXcode 123 Sequencing | |
14 | Mars Rover: Landing Challenge | Code the 123 Robot Rover to detect obstacles and clear the landing area for a Mars landing. | Cross the Bridge Traffic Cone | Using VEXcode 123 Sequencing Eye Sensor | |