{"id":1676,"date":"2025-05-31T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T21:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/?page_id=1676"},"modified":"2025-06-01T18:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T01:13:58","slug":"intro-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/intro-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1676\" class=\"elementor elementor-1676\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ed1e13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ed1e13\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85a3284\" data-id=\"85a3284\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ea7a76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"1ea7a76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/elementor-page-1727\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">Introduction 2<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd1a1ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd1a1ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b189ee1\" data-id=\"b189ee1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9c91ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9c91ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction 1: Brain Power<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b68d48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b68d48\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afc0ffc\" data-id=\"afc0ffc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-593d187 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"593d187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every robot needs a brain (to control the robot program) and a battery (to provide power).<\/p><p>You will need the following items:<\/p><ul><li>VEX V5 Brain<\/li><li>VEX V5 Battery<\/li><li>Battery Cable (to connect the battery to the brain)<\/li><li>Micro USB Cable (to connect the brain to the computer)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f69581 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f69581\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-248a4fc\" data-id=\"248a4fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b493197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b493197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brain.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-58\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2bb673\" data-id=\"b2bb673\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c447f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c447f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/battery.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-56\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/battery.png 673w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/battery-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe3ffd0\" data-id=\"fe3ffd0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14d24a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14d24a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/battery-cord.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-60\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/battery-cord.png 256w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/battery-cord-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16b9533\" data-id=\"16b9533\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3622ddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3622ddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/usb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-57\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/usb.jpg 345w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/usb-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11de1a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11de1a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a7b9c3\" data-id=\"1a7b9c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37fd6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c37fd6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Be extremely careful plugging in and unplugging the Micro USB connector from the V5 Brain.\u00a0 The cable only fits one way and this port can be easily broken.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d29deb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d29deb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a36e7c3\" data-id=\"a36e7c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-332274c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"332274c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/connected.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-59\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/connected.jpg 750w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/connected-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fa7feb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fa7feb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0519da\" data-id=\"f0519da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7226e9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7226e9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We will be using VEXcode V5 software to program our robots.\u00a0 It is found online <span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/codev5.vex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/codev5.vex.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-528cb76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"528cb76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5851be\" data-id=\"a5851be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb3610c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb3610c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VEXcodeV5-1024x634.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-86\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VEXcodeV5-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VEXcodeV5-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VEXcodeV5-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VEXcodeV5.png 1196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee0a3ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee0a3ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12d275a\" data-id=\"12d275a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75a8863 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"75a8863\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fe5afd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fe5afd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenge:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54b4dbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54b4dbf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b342c15\" data-id=\"b342c15\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-981ce33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"981ce33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let&#8217;s write our first program.\u00a0 In the <b>FILE <\/b>menu, select &#8220;<b>NEW BLOCKS PROJECT<\/b>&#8220;.\u00a0 Click on the &#8220;<b>VEXcode Project<\/b>&#8221; button and change the file&#8217;s name to &#8220;<b>MakingShapes<\/b>&#8220;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc0e77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2dc0e77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/button1-q7702e9o0799yf7v42m0e6g5i20lvrkk1vqql9ygcu.png\" title=\"button1\" alt=\"button1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93bf46b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93bf46b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To write a program, drag blocks from the library on the left and drop them onto the yellow &#8220;<b>WHEN STARTED<\/b>&#8221; block in the workspace.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t know what a block does, you can always click on the &#8220;?&#8221; button and then click on one of the blocks to get help.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb7c5f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb7c5f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/button2-q772hjuvzsa6uth42rshkmh3hcdf97u83mn8r37610.png\" title=\"button2\" alt=\"button2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab37480 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab37480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you do this with the &#8220;<b>DRAW RECTANGLE<\/b>&#8221; block, you will see that block requires four values (x, y, w, h):<\/p><ul><li>Value 1: the top-left corner X coordinate<\/li><li>Value 2: the top-left corner Y coordinate<\/li><li>Value 3: the width of the rectangle<\/li><li>Value 4: the height of the rectangle<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3fae78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3fae78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It also explains how to change the color of the outside border and the inside fill color.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c80aee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c80aee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48ef412\" data-id=\"48ef412\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b6db6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05b6db6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brain-coordinates.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-94\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brain-coordinates.png 370w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brain-coordinates-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a555a8a\" data-id=\"a555a8a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2732c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c2732c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/V5_brain_screen-1024x607.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1714\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/V5_brain_screen-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/V5_brain_screen-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/V5_brain_screen-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/V5_brain_screen.png 1251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e35612c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e35612c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47de930\" data-id=\"47de930\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19eaaef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19eaaef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>TASK 1:<\/b><\/p><p>Completely fill the screen with a blue rectangle.<\/p><p><em>The screen is 480 pixels (screen dots) wide and 240 pixels high.\u00a0 People start counting from 1 (1, 2, 3&#8230;) but computers always start counting from 0 (0, 1, 2&#8230;).\u00a0 So instead of drawing a rectangle from pixel 1 to 480, you would start at 0 and go to 479.\u00a0 Do the same thing for the height.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97b844d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97b844d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>TASK 2:<\/b><\/p><p>Make it an orange rectangle.\u00a0 Change the program so that it waits for you to touch the screen before the rectangle appears.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d19bfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d19bfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/wait-until-block.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1146\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/wait-until-block.png 303w, https:\/\/smithlearning.com\/vex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/wait-until-block-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b39d7f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b39d7f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>When you use sensors (and the brain&#8217;s touch screen is a sensor), it is best to put them in a <b>WAIT UNTIL<\/b>\u00a0block rather than an\u00a0<b>IF-THEN-ELSE<\/b>\u00a0block.\u00a0\u00a0<b>IF-THEN<\/b>\u00a0blocks only check the condition one time and then move on.\u00a0 To check the sensor more than once, you would have to put the blocks into a\u00a0<b>LOOP<\/b>.\u00a0 By using a\u00a0<b>WAIT UNTIL<\/b>\u00a0block, the program will stop there and keep checking the sensor until the condition becomes\u00a0<b>TRUE<\/b>.\u00a0 Then it moves on to whatever comes next in the program.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea85e3f 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