Our Skit!

We presented our innovative solution to project judges at the Sunday 11/23/14 Marquette Regional Competition in Milwaukee. 

Despite being short on a few of our props and a team member, we were able to pull off a successful project presentation that won us the innovative solution award later in the day.

We were so ready to go that we actually started our skit before we even had the video camera running. So since the beginning is missing from the video, we typed in the opening lines so you won't miss any of it. ;)

You may notice our team's unique presentation style. The judges have a rubric to fill out and we like to help them by formatting our skit around the rubric! We go right down the line, starting with the problem identification, through innovative solution and effectiveness. 

With this efficient layout, the judges are able to circle every section of their sheet by the time our five minute skit is finished. In fact, these judges only had two questions for us during our five minute interview afterward! This presentation style has worked amazingly well for several years and the judges like it too!

Now we are working with an intellectual property firm to submit a patent application. We also submitted for the FLL Global Innovation award and are beyond excited to see what is in store for us next! 

Enjoy our video!

Check out our skit from last year too!
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Global Innovation Award Submission

Well, it was an intense and busy January as our team prepared for our 4H judging, worked on our drawings and descriptions of our project for the provisional patent an attorney is helping us to file, and getting things ready to submit for the FLL Global Innovation Award. Check out our application!

4-H Judging

Each year our team not only competes in FIRST LEGO League tournaments, but we are also separately judged at another time for the Waukesha County Fair. This judging doesn't take place at, or during, the fair, but instead is judged at a special judging day where lots of event-based 4-H projects are judged, such as drama, speeches, playing musical instruments....and FLL!

 Real FLL-trained judges come and judge us. However, we don't have just five or ten minutes to present everything to them. Instead, we have as much time as needed! That's usually around 20-30 minutes per judging session. It's so much fun to be able to dive into the details of everything.