Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 45

The grant from Champions for Learning was acquired to provide the students more hands on learning using the robotics V5 cortex. The students learned how to build and code using the VEX parts and V5 cortex. One of the objectives was to have students be able to code a robot and have it move and perform tasks.  The students were able to accomplish these tasks by completing a series of building challenges. The V5 cortex units allowed the students more practice and collaboration while coding. Having the extra cortexes allowed students to work in smaller groups and allowed deeper understanding and allowed more practice and allowed the betterment of their engineering mindset. 

The ultimate build was to design, code, test and run a car on a pre-determined itinerary.  My classes raced their cars against the previous semester classes.  We chose a team of 5 students to represent us that the CCPS District competition.  The students raced against all the other CPPS middle school teams.  Gulfview won 1^st place in this competition.  Having the extra resources helped tremendously!  I cannot tank Champions for Learning enough!