Vex IQ Robotics Program
Robotics will return to Northwest Middle this fall starting in September. The class is open to 6th, and 8th graders with an interest in robotics and programming. The class will meet every Monday from 3:30 – 5:00.
Northwest Robotics participates in VEX robotics which is a competitive program offering robots and competitions from pre-school to college. Northwest students build and compete with their robots at tournaments throughout the state.
You can watch a short video of this year’s competition game at Competition - IQ - VEX Robotics
Northwest robotics courses are offered at no cost to students. The virtual platforms for programming and competing are also free and are web-based requiring no downloads. They both run on student Chromebooks permitting students to explore programming outside of class. The course will give students a chance to learn python-based programming using instruction and challenge exercises specifically tailored to middle school students. Two platforms are available – one to teach programming (with a number of different playing fields and challenges for students to explore); and a second platform specific to the competition game. The course will use both platforms.
The robot we will use for in-person course is the VEX IQ robot developed specifically for middle school students (https://www.vexrobotics.com/iq ). It is a programmable robot that comes with a variety of sensors permitting sophisticated programming to control robot behavior. The class is being taught by the group of retired volunteers who coached robotics at the school in the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years. The volunteers are part of Steam Tech Teams who have been teaching technology and science at Greenville County Schools for seven years.
You can read more about Steam Tech Teams at https://www.facebook.com-steamtechteams
Questions can be sent to vexiqstt@gmail.com or sberget@gmail.com. Coach Berget can also be reached by
phone at 864-616-0363.
Northwest Robotics participates in VEX robotics which is a competitive program offering robots and competitions from pre-school to college. Northwest students build and compete with their robots at tournaments throughout the state.
You can watch a short video of this year’s competition game at Competition - IQ - VEX Robotics
Northwest robotics courses are offered at no cost to students. The virtual platforms for programming and competing are also free and are web-based requiring no downloads. They both run on student Chromebooks permitting students to explore programming outside of class. The course will give students a chance to learn python-based programming using instruction and challenge exercises specifically tailored to middle school students. Two platforms are available – one to teach programming (with a number of different playing fields and challenges for students to explore); and a second platform specific to the competition game. The course will use both platforms.
The robot we will use for in-person course is the VEX IQ robot developed specifically for middle school students (https://www.vexrobotics.com/iq ). It is a programmable robot that comes with a variety of sensors permitting sophisticated programming to control robot behavior. The class is being taught by the group of retired volunteers who coached robotics at the school in the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years. The volunteers are part of Steam Tech Teams who have been teaching technology and science at Greenville County Schools for seven years.
You can read more about Steam Tech Teams at https://www.facebook.com-steamtechteams
Questions can be sent to vexiqstt@gmail.com or sberget@gmail.com. Coach Berget can also be reached by
phone at 864-616-0363.
