Twas the Night before the Tournament

'Twas the night before tourney, as observed by this gal,
Ev'ry teammate was stirring - even our robot, "Pal."
The pictures were placed in the binder with care,
In hopes that blue ribbons soon would be theirs.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of robots danced in their heads.
And the robot in its charger, and the team with white caps,
Had just settled their brains for a long night's nap.

They dreamed of the tournament all through the night.
Lights above the game table, fluorescent and bright,
Shone down on the LEGOs. Oh, what a sight!
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a team of seven children, eager to cheer.

They sprang to the table. The ref blew the whistle.
Away flew the robot as fast as a missile.
The team kept on cheering, 'til match finals were nearing,
And how does it all end? Come out and see, my friend!
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Where? We'll be at the Marquette High School tournament. It starts at 8 am and goes until 5 pm. Judging interviews are in the morning, robot competitions in the early afternoon, and then come the awards! Hope to see you there.

~Madeline

Eight Days Until Marquette

Our team is competing at the Marquette tournament in eight days. WOW!

As far as being ready, ...we still have work to do.  Our skit is still being worked on, the project needs a model, the robot needs programming, and the binder needs organizing.

However, we have the team banner stand put together, the team pictures have been taken, and we are all having fun!

Our team is formally presenting our project tonight for the Waukesha 4-Leaf 4-H club because we are not ready with the skit yet. The skit is our way of presenting our project and inovative solution to the judges at the tournament.

Our team name is TEAM Temp - Assure and the product name and slogan for our inovative solution is Infra Temp!  The temptastic way to test your food. Do you like it?

Thanks for reading,
Avery

The Past Week

In the past week we have gotten together more often and we have programed two missions!  We are working 3 or 4 more missions also.  The skit is coming along, and so is the binder to show to the judges all our research.   We are also going to work on the display boards soon.

The Marquette tournament is two weeks away and we are going to be there.

This weekend, we built the stand for our banner.  With a little paint, we will be ready for the tournament and EVERYONE will be able to spot us coming! 

We are also hopeful that we can do some fundraising before the tournament too.

Thanks for reading,

Avery

The Tournament Is Coming Up Very Fast

The first tournament is in ONE WEEK.

The team is hoping that we will be at the tournament in the third week of November. The girls are making the survey and designing the binder.  The boys are designing the robot.  The name of our project has been decided and we have some ideas for the team name.

Side note;
We are hoping that you will take our survey.   The link is below.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6XF7D5P


Thanks for reading
Avery

The Survey Is Back Open

The survey is back open.  We are trying to get more information on what people think of our idea.  If you haven't taken the survey, please do, or email it to friends.  The survey may be open for two or three weeks so please do it as soon as you can.  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6XF7D5P

If you read one of the earlier posts, you my have read that we had Sara from the Waukesha County Heath Department come to the meeting this week.  Well, she gave us lots of things to think about, and lots of information too.  Thank you for coming Sara and Dianna.

Thanks for reading
Avery

The Last Day To Take The Survey

Sunday is the last day to take the survey.  So, if you haven't taken the survey, please take it.   If you have started yours and have to finish it, please do so by Sunday. (See link below). The survey is for anyone, of any age, even kids can take it! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6XF7D5P Thanks.

Thanks for reading.
Avery

The Skit And Robot

We are making progress!

The team is doing well so far.  Our robot is going well and has been made thinner.  We also have a basic skit done.

We have had a few people respond to our Survey Monkey survery but we are still  hoping that more people will take our survey.  It only takes a few minutes.  Here's the link if you need it: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6XF7D5P

The tournament is only a few weeks away.

We are Having Sara  from the Heath Department come to our meeting on Monday to help us learn more about food safety.

Things to work on:

We have to come up with the team name and the name of our project.
We also have to write the skit and work on the robot.
The banner still needs a design.
We need to build the model of the project.

Side note:

Our board is built, but a few of the pieces are the wrong color, so we are contacting the Lego company to tell them.  At least the pieces that are incorrect are the fish and the cow and things like that, not the most essential pieces.

Thank you for reading.
Avery