Design, Create, Collaborate: STEM Exploration with VEX IQ Robotics
Jaclyn Miller & Melissa Chai of Toano Middle School decided that their students would embrace STEM through VEX IQ, a snap-together robotics system, making it fast and easy to build an endless variety of robots. STEM is a common abbreviation for four closely connected areas of study: science, technology, engineering and mathematics. These students are exposed to multiple technologies, challenging them to develop and implement solutions to simulated real-world problems by constructing and operating robots. The students have to demonstrate work readiness skills such as collaborating as a team, clearly articulating ideas, practicing a positive work ethic, resolving conflicts appropriately, and utilizing time management skills, and ultimately they watch code come alive in robots physically acting out their ideas through programmed actions.
