Our team has decided on our project. We are going to be working on the details and the skit/presentation too. We hope to settle in and get busy now that we have decided on our project.
Our team is also working hard on the robot and the mission strategy for the robot competition and the technical interview at the tournament. We have programmed some of the missions and are working on others. We have decided also on the body of the robot and have some really good ideas for the attachments on the robot.
We are still accepting survey entry's. The survey takes about five minutes to fill out and is just some basic questions. The link for the survey was posted in a previous entry.
Thank you.
We are a 4-H FIRST LEGO League team from Waukesha, WI. Our team and the FIRST organization are for inspiration and recognition of science and technology, driven by gracious professionalism. In our 9-year history, we've been awarded Teamwork, Robot Performance, three Innovative Solutions, three Inspirations, 1st and 2nd place Research, two Champions, two Runners up Champions, 2nd Place Alliance, 3rd Place Core Values, and yes, even Gracious Professionalism. In all things, TEAMwork counts!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Fieldtrip to Oak Hill Terrace
Here are some pictures of our recent fieldtrip to Oak Hill Terrace in Waukesha. While we were there, we met with some senior residents and also had a tour of the assisted living style facility.
https://picasaweb.google.com/112785021053295249322/OakHillTerrace
Upon arriving at Oak Hill Terrace, the team first went to talk to the seniors who live at Oak Hill to help us determine what some existing problems the seniors are experiencing or have experienced. The team then went on a tour of the building compliments of Robert Best.
When we were talking to the seniors we asked them a lot of questions. They told us the many reasons why they moved to Oak Hill Terrace, why and how they need help. The seniors were very happy to answer all of the questions we asked and we got a lot of information from them. Some of the things we learned were that seniors are very afraid of falling and so a lot of them moved in to the building because they are scared and they feel safer there where they can get help 24 hours a day. Some of the seniors also live there because they felt that they could no longer keep up with the house work or because their husband/wife needed the assistance so they moved in together. Some of the seniors also admitted to moving to an assisted living facility because their children had requested the move feeling that their parents would be safer and better looked after there.
All of the residents indicated that they were happy living at Oak Hill Terrace and appreciate the variety and extensive list of daily assistance available to them.
We all learned a lot of helpful information from the seniors at Oak Hill Terrace and now feel like we have a better understanding of the trials seniors face as it relates to mobility, staying fit and staying connected.
Thank you again Robert Best and the Residents of Oak Hill Terrace.
Avery
https://picasaweb.google.com/112785021053295249322/OakHillTerrace
Upon arriving at Oak Hill Terrace, the team first went to talk to the seniors who live at Oak Hill to help us determine what some existing problems the seniors are experiencing or have experienced. The team then went on a tour of the building compliments of Robert Best.
When we were talking to the seniors we asked them a lot of questions. They told us the many reasons why they moved to Oak Hill Terrace, why and how they need help. The seniors were very happy to answer all of the questions we asked and we got a lot of information from them. Some of the things we learned were that seniors are very afraid of falling and so a lot of them moved in to the building because they are scared and they feel safer there where they can get help 24 hours a day. Some of the seniors also live there because they felt that they could no longer keep up with the house work or because their husband/wife needed the assistance so they moved in together. Some of the seniors also admitted to moving to an assisted living facility because their children had requested the move feeling that their parents would be safer and better looked after there.
All of the residents indicated that they were happy living at Oak Hill Terrace and appreciate the variety and extensive list of daily assistance available to them.
We all learned a lot of helpful information from the seniors at Oak Hill Terrace and now feel like we have a better understanding of the trials seniors face as it relates to mobility, staying fit and staying connected.
Thank you again Robert Best and the Residents of Oak Hill Terrace.
Avery
Teamwork
Our team has some pictures from our teamwork exercises and from building the mission board. The links for them follow:
This is the link for Building the field elements. https://picasaweb.google.com/112785021053295249322/2012BuildingTheFieldElements
This is the link for some of our teamwork fun. https://picasaweb.google.com/112785021053295249322/TeamworkFun
And this is the link for teamwork exercises. https://picasaweb.google.com/112785021053295249322/TeamworkExercises
We have a lot of fun on our team but we also are serious when we need to get stuff done. Even though we have more experienced members they don't do everything. The new team members are a large part of the operation also. We enjoy working and playing together and we also enjoy completing the tasks that are before us.
Avery
This is the link for Building the field elements. https://picasaweb.google.com/112785021053295249322/2012BuildingTheFieldElements
This is the link for some of our teamwork fun. https://picasaweb.google.com/112785021053295249322/TeamworkFun
And this is the link for teamwork exercises. https://picasaweb.google.com/112785021053295249322/TeamworkExercises
We have a lot of fun on our team but we also are serious when we need to get stuff done. Even though we have more experienced members they don't do everything. The new team members are a large part of the operation also. We enjoy working and playing together and we also enjoy completing the tasks that are before us.
Avery
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