Pupil Feedback Vex 2019

STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate and discrete subjects, STEM integrates them into a cohesive learning model based on real-world applications.

We built a robot. We took turns. 21 Pupils from 5th and 6th Class took part. We followed the manual. We had problems with the sensors so Oran took it home to get his daddy to take a look. He made Cosmo work better but we never managed to get the sensors to work properly. Then we started to master driving with the remote control. This took a lot of practice. But we have been getting better and better all the time.

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We talked about different types engineers such as mechanical, electrical and chemical. We learned about robotics and discovered that Cosmo could be both teleoperated and autonomous. We also explored the mechanisms that help Cosmo to work such as friction, levers, pulleys, motors, sensors and chain reactions. We had to learn the rules of the competition. We had to read the Rule Manual to make sure we knew exactly how to score points fairly.

We used Google Classroom to follow the Vex Curriculum

We made our own arena from cardboard. We had to measure it out exactly.

Then we got to build our own arena thanks to a parent who sponsored the project.

We spent many hours in the library coding and driving Cosmo around the arena.

We used RobotC to code the robot. We worked together. We added code each day in teams. It was all about trial and error. The girls scored the first point, they were delighted. Later we all worked on the one laptop together. It was good to learn a new thing. Some of us would like to learn more about this for our future careers.

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It helps you learn a lot about tech and might help get your future job such as computer engineer.

it is very fun to strategise and drive the robot.

This project was fun but we also learnt lots of useful information therefore I would recommend this project to other children.

I learnt more about programming and robotics

On the 12th of November we went to D.K.I.T for our Vex IQ Scrimmage. In the morning we were all ready for the bus at 8:50. We picked up students from Aston Village ETNS and headed to Dundalk. While he talked to the teachers we completed maths sheets a friend, Aoife was the first one to get them all right so she received a special DKIT jersey. Then we started to learn about how to program our robot. As we were all very hungry we then had little break. We discussed what Vex Robotics meant to us and learnt more about S.T.E.M. We all had a go at programming the robot after small break. After big break we had practice matches. It was an amazing day!

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Learning about robotics and programming, having fun on days out and learning more about people in different classes.

It definitely gave me a glimpse into the world of robotics and it will probably be useful for my future career.

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Thank you for letting me be in this course. It was an amazing opertunity.

You work as a team,you learn about robots and how they function,you learn how to build a robot and the names of the pieces,you might also learn some building skills.

This course helped me because it helped with my IT skills, my understanding of STEM, how to build and code a robot and the amazing opertunity we got when we went to DKIT.

I found the course useful because it allows us to open our minds.

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