Teacher’s Guide

For all teachers, if you want to teach this to your students, please take a look at our sample lesson schedule:

Teacher VRS STEM Mini-Course Lesson Schedule

Advance Lessons

(Weeks can be sessions)

Background resources

• How to use the VRS click here

• The 10 lessons Advance set

• The game VRS Online/Chromebook https://www.vrobotsim.online/homepage.html

• PseudoCode ws click here Multiplayer set up directions click here

• Game pad UG functions The Engineering Notebook master copy

• Scoring Rules scoring rules ultimate goal click here

# 1-Intro and Game Reveal
Lesson #1	Week 1 intro to lesson Video Mission and Vision of First -Show video “What is FIRST” by Will.i.am https://bit.ly/3BT9hRh 4 min
Lesson #2	Week 1 intro to lesson Video 2 15 min Game Reveal Launch of the FIRST Tech Challenge and Engineering Notebook People in Group Name of your team Answer the following: What’s your mission What excites you about this Unit What are you wondering about this Unit
Extra Materials or Video	***Launch For teachers*** This isn’t a Robot https://bit.ly/3x8i0zD
Optional Hw	Reflect in Engineering Notebook:What is FIRST?

# 2-play the game teleop
Lesson #3	Week 2 intro to lesson 3 Video Intro to TELEOP and Play Show gamepad image
Lesson #4	(no intro video) Students play teleop game- written directions video directions click here Engineering Notebook What did you do? What did I learn? Did you include an image?
Extra Materials or Video	**Need video game remote controllers” xbox controllers
Optional HW	how to use the VRS video click here Getting Started VRS-ug Locating the blocks for programming https://youtu.be/7PgNPSJnA3Q How to use basic blocks https://youtu.be/39l5_7c1CYY
Reflection	Explain how you controlled the robot?

# 3-Start to Program
Lesson #5 Week 3 intro to lesson 5 Video 1	Show how to use video click here Or students open website -follow “text” directions Autonomous-Drive to the white line 2 motors Write your pseudocode Drive to the white line hint https://youtu.be/x7BokrnYRVQ Drive to white line https://youtu.be/ZgVQHswMonk the code up close- click here Telemetry explainedhttps://youtu.be/ZgVQHswMonk or https://youtu.be/k8meMepfJPs optional
Lesson #6 Week 3 intro to lesson 6 Video #2	Introduce-Multiple Solutions to every problem Autonomous-Drive to white line 4 motors Driver to white line with four motors hint https://youtu.be/c4eEeLBST9A the code click alternative code click here Engineering Notebook -why do programmers use pseudocode?
Extra Materials or Video	1. Locating the blocks for programming https://youtu.be/7PgNPSJnA3Q 2. How to use basic blocks https://youtu.be/39l5_7c1CYY
Homework-Optional	Compare/Contrast the Difference between driving a robot with 2 and 4 motors the Difference between TeleOp Vs Autonomous What does it mean-Multiple Solutions to every problem?

4-turning/strafing
Lesson #7 Week 4 intro to lesson 7 Video #1	Autonomous-Drive to white line-Turn 90 right and then Make a square (remind about Multiple Solutions) Driving make a 90 degree turn hint https://youtu.be/Mwt1i6DcoAw
Lesson #8 Week 4 intro to lesson 8 Video #2	Autonomous-What does it mean to strafe hint https://youtu.be/MXjoF2XXLAE Try Strafing to right to Strafing to left Try Strafing in a square Engineering Notebook Why would a programmer want to strafe
Extra Materials or Video	Turn solution https://youtu.be/nx4PnIYA7ns or https://youtu.be/QInfUHjahq0 the code up close alternative program #3 Drive to White Line Turn 90 degrees the code-Redstone 90 degree turn option 2 motors click here or scroll down for 4 motors Strafe the code click solution https://youtu.be/IGs1DomVS3w strafing or moving sideways, first to the right then to the left https://youtu.be/UWXSHuDVKuU the strafing code (scroll to end for strafe with variables) click here Strafe in a square click here Alternative code click here
Hw-optional	Compare/Contrast Strafing VS 2 wheel drive How would you turn to the left When might you want to Stafe Review video: Programming the shooter https://youtu.be/0aAjqJnvU1E

5-shooting rings at the targets
Lesson #9 Week 5 intro to lesson 9 Video #1	Shooting rings Drive and Shoot Rings into the high goal hint https://youtu.be/t43pUXOM0Xk Programming the shooter https://youtu.be/0aAjqJnvU1E
Lesson #10 Week 5 intro to lesson 10 Video #1-Award Criteria Videos	Scoring Engineering Notebook-What target did you shoot at? why?
Extra Materials or Video	Shoot rings at tower the code click solution https://youtu.be/VwxFRgVVlGs Alternate code click here
Hw-optional	What happens if you hit the middle target. How would you detect the number of rings at the start of Autonomous 0/2/4 rings.Why does this matter? Review Scoring rules- make a plan for your Autonomous? Write out the Steps for your Autonomous
Extra Materials or Video Example https://youtu.be/HeDn63Jyms4	Make a Promote Video-Tik Tok style-The VRS is …. Make speech for 4th-grade students to look forward to for outreach Engineering Notebook

5a PowerShot Rings
Lesson #11 Week 6-intro to this week video All week	Shoot ring Powershots hint https://youtu.be/SEw5JmZKjJQ Or https://youtReload ringsu.be/e9HhnPiYGC4 Learn to reload rings how to make your robot reload rings https://youtu.be/c89Kd2PHrrc or https://youtu.be/35_2vKtuvBQ the reload ring code one of many options
Lesson #12	Competition Engineering Notebook-why do you want to reload rings?
Extra Materials or Video	Drive and Shoot at the Powershots hint https://youtu.be/SEw5JmZKjJQ the code click solution (with go to position) https://youtu.be/THkZypgWRhg
HW-optional	Why do you think that the towers go red/blue/red?

6-Wobble Goals
Lesson #9 Video on wobble	Lift the Wobble Goal
	Wobble Goal-1st position hint https://youtu.be/9jmv3Qa42sQ the code 3 alternative methods click solution https://youtu.be/j7tnpOZ_xDw How to move the wobble goal https://youtu.be/kf8yT6F7_5c Wobble Goal 2nd Position with Encoders hint https://youtu.be/Bks7X4O9m84 the code click solution with encoders and run to position https://youtu.be/iCbP_eR3QAU Wobble Goal 3rd position hint https://youtu.be/qqN5xwUKk3M the code click Solution https://youtu.be/qqN5xwUKk3M

7-Your Autonomous
Lesson #13	Finalize your autonomous-
Lesson #14	The Class competition- everyone get 2 runs
	Show Promote Videos

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