Use the Playlab app to ask questions about the unit
Here is a Playlab coach for your students.
Make sure to read the Unit Overview
Each lesson has up to five document types.
Lesson Worksheet — the core activity students complete during class. This is where the work happens.
Extra Practice — additional problems at the same level. Use it when students need more reps before moving on.
Review Worksheet — prerequisite material that bridges gaps. These appear before lessons with demanding new content. Example: the negative numbers review appears before Lesson 10, which introduces sign changes across quadrants.
Fast Finishers — for students who finish early. Not extra credit. Just more to do.
Homework — one or more per lesson.
Collect & Reflect is not optional and it is not a reflection worksheet. It is the evidence record for each milestone. If students skip it, they have no portfolio. If there's no portfolio, the milestone doesn't count.
The Big Story — students self-assess against four levels (Emerging, Developing, Proficient, Applying). The levels describe how well they understand the full system: math, code, and user need working together. Students check one level and must justify it with evidence.
Collect Evidence — students identify specific artifacts from their work (sketches, calculations, photos of physical work) and tag them to transferable skills: Computational Thinking skills (REPRESENT, CHOOSE, PATTERN, DEBUG) and Mathematical Modeling skills (MODEL, TEST, LIMITS, REFINE).
Your job is to make sure students complete it at each milestone. The Progress Tracker is the running record that connects across milestones. Students should have both documents active from Lesson 1
Some of your students might resist writing about their thinking. The prompts in the Progress Tracker are specific enough that a student who did the work can answer them. If they can't answer the prompt, they didn't do the work. That tells you something useful.
Teachers:
Pre-pilot survey: complete before you teach Lesson 1
Mid-pilot survey: complete at Milestone 3 (end of Lesson 16)
Post-pilot survey: complete after Lesson 30
Students:
Weekly survey: every Friday, starting Week 1 (https://link.nycfirst.org/LX-Weekly-Student-Survey)
Build this into Friday's class. Five minutes at the end.
These surveys are how NYC FIRST and XQ measure whether the pilot is working. If teachers and students don't complete them, there's no data. No data means no evidence that the program runs. That matters for every school in this pilot.
An asynchronous guide to help you understand the unit and make it your own.
Modules:
Project-based Trig
The EDP
Crash Course in Robotics
Inverse Kinematics
Interfacing with the Arm (WIP)
Reflection & Assessement
The Final Deliverable
Making RoboTrig Your Own
Part 1: How to Submit Your Work
Navigate to the Padlet: (https://padlet.com/lizabeth6/math-in-motion-robotrig-etraining-2hcapexnk4wtlsvb)
Locate the correct column for the current assignment (e.g., "Module 1 Assessment").
Click the plus (+) button at the bottom of that column.
Subject Line: Type your Full Name here so we know who the work belongs to.
Upload Your Content:
To write text: Type directly into the "Write something fantastic..." field.
To attach a file: Click the Upload (arrow icon) to select a document or image from your computer.
To add a link: Click the Link (chain icon) to paste a URL (e.g., Google Doc, YouTube video).
Click Publish (or "Update") to post your work to the board.
Part 2: How to Provide Peer Feedback
Browse the columns to find a submission from a colleague.
Leave a Comment: Click the "Add comment" field at the bottom of their post and type your feedback. Press Enter or the arrow button to submit.
React: Use the reaction button (Heart/Like/Star) to acknowledge their effort.
Troubleshooting Tips:
Can't see your post? Refresh the page.
Need to edit? Click the three dots (...) on the top right of your post and select "Edit post."