Haw Creek
VEX robotics
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2023-2024
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Reminders
Students should have the following at team practice:
- good attitude
- open to problem solving
- optional snack
More information soon...
team Roster
Coaches
Katie Harwood
kharwood@forsyth.k12.ga.us
678-965-5070 EXT 422322
*email is preferred mode of communication
Melissa Keel
mkeel@forsyth.k12.ga.us
678-965-5070 EXT 422308
*email is preferred mode of communication
VEX @ HCES
Haw Creek is excited to offer a competitive VEX IQ robotics team for the 2023-2024 season. Students will be in small group teams where they will take on a leadership role in the following areas: building, driving, coding, or journaling. Students will use the engineering process to create the best robot to complete the challenge. Over the course of the season students will make adjustments and must use both their problem solving skills and teamwork skills.
Team information
General Information
Cost: $325
Meeting dates: Every Monday starting August 7
Competitions will be held generally on Saturdays and usually from 8am-3pm. Students will be expected to provide their own transportation to and from the competitions. We hope each team will compete in at least 2 events. Events occur October-February.
Accomplishments
2022-2023 Season
Team 25552D Judges Award
Team 25552B State Qualifier
May Try-out information
VEX IQ competition team is open to 4th and 5th graders. This is a year long commitment. The team will meet
August-March on Mondays.
Parent expectations: Parents will be responsible for encouraging team work and collaboration. Students will be held to the VEX code of conduct both at practices and at competitions. Parents will need to provide transportation to and from competitions and there will be possible volunteer opportunities to assist at competitions.
Date: May 10 @2:30-3:45pm
pick up in back bus lanes or husky hangout
Try Out Cost: $10-this reserves your tryout spot. IF you make the team this is applied to your total cost.
Competitions are held October-February. Not all team members will go to every competition and you need a working robot to compete.
Goal: work as a team member to create a competitive robot and compete in at least 2 competitions.
Team Cost : $325 due by November 3, 2023
Additional try-out
Date: August 14 @2:30-3:30pm
pick up in back bus lanes or husky hangout
Any student that does NOT make the team in May or is new to Haw Creek in August will have an opportunity to try-out in August. We will be possibly taking a few more students.
Try Out Cost: $10-this reserves your tryout spot. IF you make the team this is applied to your total cost. IF you are trying out again there is no cost.
My child did not make it in May...but they really want a 2nd chance? What should they do?
We encourage any student in this situation to work on the following:
- Teamwork-how can you be kind in a disagreement? how can you share your ideas without being bossy? what if your team goes in a different directions-how can you deal with the disappointment?
- Work on gear skills-use this link to learn more
- Work on autonomous (coding) skills-use this link to practice
Practice Schedule
Calendar
Make sure your child's homeroom teacher has a note about this club for change of transportation
Possible October-December Events
State Information-February 24 @ FCHS
Possible January-February Events
*Competition dates and location will be added as teams are regisered
Game manual & directions
GEARS and MOre information
Gears are wheels with teeth around the edges used to transfer force from one position to another. This can be done with gears of the same size to transfer the same force or by using gears of varying sizes to create a speed or power advantage as the force is transferred.
A Mechanical Advantage is when you need less force to do the same amount of work because a simple machine (in this case: gears) is used to increase and change the direction of applied force. A Mechanical advantage can be adjusted to meet specific needs. When two gears of the same size are meshed together, it creates a 1-1 ratio transfer of power.
Torque is created when a smaller gear is driving a larger gear. It takes the smaller gear more rotations to turn the large gear one full rotation.
Speed is the distance an object moves over time and is a mechanical advantage that makes the output of the driven gear or machine faster. This advantage is created when a larger gear is driving a smaller gear.
We will be meeting on Mondays starting on August 7. Students will meet in the robotics lab right after school till 3:40pm. Pick up will be in the bus lane or students can go to Husky Hangout.
As the season continues, we may have some optional practices, but we will communicate that information with you.
OCT
Potential end of year party.
*This could change due to state competition.