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, September 18, 2014
Teamwork Exercise
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Rookies Learn Programming
Our rookie team members are learning to program the EV3 and they're having a lot of fun!
Here are two team members as they program their first-ever programs. They had to program the robot to go forward until the light sensor detects the line. Then it was supposed to "celebrate and dance."
And the later they learned to program using loops. One of our more experienced team members worked with them to teach them to use sensors and loops.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Our World Class T.E.A.M.
With every new season comes new team members and this year our team is excited to be welcoming three of them! Our newest team members are Alanna, Christopher, and Kenneth. Great new additions that fit right in with our returning members: Alex, Jessica, Peyton, and Avery. We also have three former team members that have graduated out of FLL and now are returning as mentors: Madeline and Curtis who have been mentoring for three years, and Spencer who just graduated from the team.
Our team kicked off the year with a meeting the night the project was released. This way we could start our brainstorming process as soon as possible. With a marker board and dry-erase marker in hand, we spent the meeting coming up with different ideas. By the time the meeting was over, the board was filled with tons of different problems and ideas for our project.
At our next meeting we built this year's robot field! After about two hours of building and a pizza party, the board was finally done! When the board was finished, we had a short team meeting until the parents arrived. We had another short brainstorming session and came up with a whole bunch of ideas. Then we discussed possible robot designs and what sort of chassis would work best for this year's board.
On Thursday night some of our team members got the opportunity to learn more advanced programming from another team (last year known as the Glow-Getters). We had a great meeting with them and learned some great tips for programming the gyro sensor and at being more accurate, more consistently. It was awesome to be able to work with another team and see each other work with out all the pressure of the tournament. Thanks Glow-Getters!
Our team kicked off the year with a meeting the night the project was released. This way we could start our brainstorming process as soon as possible. With a marker board and dry-erase marker in hand, we spent the meeting coming up with different ideas. By the time the meeting was over, the board was filled with tons of different problems and ideas for our project.At our next meeting we built this year's robot field! After about two hours of building and a pizza party, the board was finally done! When the board was finished, we had a short team meeting until the parents arrived. We had another short brainstorming session and came up with a whole bunch of ideas. Then we discussed possible robot designs and what sort of chassis would work best for this year's board.On Thursday night some of our team members got the opportunity to learn more advanced programming from another team (last year known as the Glow-Getters). We had a great meeting with them and learned some great tips for programming the gyro sensor and at being more accurate, more consistently. It was awesome to be able to work with another team and see each other work with out all the pressure of the tournament. Thanks Glow-Getters!
Be sure to check back here to hear how our team is doing! You can also see our team by visiting our YouTube channel or check out some fun pictures of our team through out the season!
Monday, September 8, 2014
Summer Fun at the County Fair
Over the summer our team presented FLL at the Waukesha County Fair. The FRC team, CORE 2062, was also there. We talked with many youth and families.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Marquette Regional
Our Marquette Regional pictures are now online!
Our skit is uploaded to our YouTube Channel.
Put on some headphones or use some good speakers and enjoy some fun music while you watch this short video of us building the Nature's Fury field elements.
Our skit is uploaded to our YouTube Channel.
Put on some headphones or use some good speakers and enjoy some fun music while you watch this short video of us building the Nature's Fury field elements.
Friday, November 15, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
State Results
It was a long and exhausting day, but we all had thrilling time! The teams at the FLL State Championship were all excellent teams with engaging projects and remarkable robots. The team did very well in their interviews and obviously had some tough competition. In the end, we were all quite surprised with our second place
We now have another trophy built out of Legos to add to the team's trophy shelf in my living room.
We now have another trophy built out of Legos to add to the team's trophy shelf in my living room.
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