WHAT IS FIRST

LEGO LEAGUE ?

By KAZANCI

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Guidelines & Rules

Agenda

What is FLL ?

How FLL Works?

Finding Equipment, Mentors, and Funding

Starting or Building a Team

Managing Your Team

The Team Experience

Coaching a Team

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WHAT IS FLL?

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First Lego League

FLL was born in 1999. FLL differs from FTC and FRC in two ways.

• Only Students between the ages of 9 and 14 can compete.• Teams consist of no more than 10 students.( It’s same with FTC, but FRC can have up to 20 students per team. )

Teams sign up during the year typically when school start. To join the competition, teams pay a fee to FIRST purchase the basic FLL competition kit that contains a special mat and Lego pieces.

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The FLL Robot Game

Technical Interview

Project

Teamwork

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HOW FLL WORKS ?

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Links for FLL

https://gofll.usfirst.org/messagesRegister your team

http://firstlegoleague.org/International page

US first http://www.usfirst.org/

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Field Mat & Mission Models

Transfer the model Activate the model Deliver an objet to the model Remove an objet from the model

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The FLL Robot Game

It’s consist of a playing field on which the robot must attempt to complete a number of missions to score points. Each team competes on the same size field and completes the same missions within a time limit.

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Technical InterviewAt the tournament itself, students meet with a group of technical judges who Ask them about the design and programming of their robot.

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Project

Teams are required to put together a presentation ( similar to a science fair exhibit) on a topic related to the competition theme. Each teams chooses a topic related to theme, researches that topic, shares their research with the community, and presents its findings to a collection of judges.

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Team Work

Another important way to score points is in the teamwork-judging portionof the competition. Each team meets with judges who ask how the team members worked together and judges give each team a simple assignment that demonstrate how the members work.

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GUIDELINES & RULES

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Guidelines & Rules

Just like any other competition, FLL has a set of rules and guidelines that describe the challenges. They tell teams what to do and what to expect at tournaments and help ensure that everything is done fairly and consistently. Since these rules and guidelines are so important, You should understand them well.

Mission Descriptions Robot Game Rules Project, Teamwork, and Robot Design Guidelines Rubrics

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FINDING EQUIPMENT, MENTORS, AND FUNDING

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Equipments

At a minimum, an FLL team can compete with a single NXT robotics kit, a desktop or laptop computer, some batteries, FLL has done a great job of creating a competition that doesn’t require a large initial purchase.

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Equipments

First Lego League Competition Package

Lego Mindstorms NXT Robotics Kit

Desktop or Laptop computer

AA batteries or a rechargeable battery pack.

https://gofll.usfirst.org/messages

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Mentors

All teams begin with team members and coach or multiple coaches. The skills that team members and coaches bring to FLL competition aren’t always related to building and programming robots.

Programming Technical Design Design logos, t shirt, Interview for presentation

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STARTING OR BUILDING A TEAM

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Starting or Building a Team

Assembling an FLL team can sometimes be as simple as pinning a sign up sheet to a classroom wall or asking a group of friends to participate. But the reality of the situation is that there is often much more organizing.

1. Announce that team is being formed2. Begin accepting applications with a well-defined

deadline.3. Hold your first team meeting

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Announcing Formation of the Team

You can announce that you are forming an FLL team in many ways.

Announcement to parents A community notice in a newspaper Phone calls to friends

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Accepting Team Member Application

After you announce the team and establish a date for accepting applications, it’s time to start collecting applications. Possible methods for accepting apps include one or all of the followings

Sign Up sheet

Printed Application

Interview

Essay

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Hold Your First Team

Congratulations! Your new team formed.

1. Introduce Coach, Team Members, Mentors, and Parents

2. Exchange contact info

3. Discuss Meeting Location and Schedule

4. Assign Team Member Roles and duties

5. Sign a Team member Pledge

6. Don’t forget the food!

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MANAGING YOUR TEAM

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Progress Measurement Tool

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TEAM EXPERIENCE

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COACHING A TEAM

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Coaching a Team

Doodle

Google Calendar

Open Project ( www.openproject.org )

Organizer Database ( www.organizersdb.org )

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Resources

http://www.thenxtstep.blogspot.com/ http://www.thenxtclassroom.com/ http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/roboticscurriculum/index_to_robotics.htm http://legoengineering.com/home-mainmenu-36.html http://www.active-robots.com/products/mindstorms4schools/building-instructions.shtml http://www.ortop.org/NXT_Tutorial/

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