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Midlothian VEX Challenge 2017

Midlothian VEX Challenge 2017

Fourteen teams from Midlothian’s mi:SPACE project came to Newbattle Community High School to participate in Midlothian’s VEX Challenge.

The Midlothian Challenge required teams to control and program robots that they had designed in school to carry out a series of tasks. All of our schools showed fantastic skill and team work when taking part in each challenge. Pupils worked together to problem solve, write computer code and perfect their robot design throughout the event.

Bonnyrigg PS won the programming challenge, Saint Luke’s won the controller challenge and Newtongrange won the design challenge.

The children also enjoyed experimenting with our new 360 degree RICOH THETA camera. The team photos can be viewed below.

Well done to all of those involved!


 

Stdavidsprimary #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

@neetongrangeps #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

Testing out our new camera at our Midlothian VEX challenge competition day ? #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

@sacredheart_ps #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

@stratheskps #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

@mayfieldps #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

@stmarysrcps #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

@loanheadps #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

@standrewstweets #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

@stobhillps #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

@bonnyriggps #theta360 – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

STEM Challenges with Sphero

STEM Challenges with Sphero

Sphero Education have created STEM challenges which can be completed by using Sphero. There are many ideas from schools across the world on Twitter and Pinterest but here are a few lesson plans available from their website which could be useful.

Chariot Challenge

Introduction: Intro-1ykmhip

Challenge Documents: STEM1-2keb1cn

 

Bridge Building Challenge

Introduction:Intro-1ykmhjl

Challenge Documents: STEM2-22jakud

 

Hydro Hypothesis Challenge

Introduction:Intro-1ykmhko

Challenge Documents: STEM3-1s5ympp

 

Maze Mayhem Challenge

Introduction: Intro-1ykmhm4

Challenge Documents: STEM4-15g3uf4

 

 

STEM Challenges with Sphero

Sphero Maths Lessons

Sphero Education provides lots of different resources which support teachers in delivering Maths experiences and outcomes. They provide an introduction, student guide, teacher guide and worksheet for each lesson. By clicking on the PDF’s below, you will get access to the materials you will need.

2D Geometry

Introduction: Intro-1ykmgul

Student Guide: MacroLab2_StudentGuide-1lv770v

Teacher Guide: MacroLab2_TeacherGuide-27c7yaq

Worksheet: MacroLab2_Worksheet-y83spq

 

Mean, Median and Mode

Introduction: Intro-1ykmh0w

Student Guide: MacroLab3_StudentGuide-1uxn9ff

Teacher Guide :MacroLab3_TeacherGuide-10a00b1

Worksheet: MacroLab3_Worksheet-1vp9cci

 

Percentages

Introduction:Intro-1ykmh3g

Student Guide: MacroLab4_StudentGuide-1mcup4j

Teacher Guide: MacroLab4_TeacherGuide-28zzb2e

Worksheet: MacroLab4_Worksheet-ooyy3d

 

Patterns and Colours

Introduction: Intro-1ykmh5a

Student Guide: MacroLab5_StudentGuide-1uhjv6e

Teacher Guide: MacroLab5_TeacherGuide-ypocyx

Worksheet: MacroLab5_Worksheet-244fvar

 

Time, Distance, Speed

Introduction: ._Intro-22rzhzl

Student Guide: ._MacroLab1_StudentGuide-1fhvn8f

Teacher Guide: ._MacroLab1_TeacherGuide-2azzuq8

Worksheet: ._MacroLab1_Worksheet-2ge6onh

 

Other fun learning opportunities: Angles-266z2om