Sep 25, 2008

Wyoming FLL at Wyoming School Improvement Conference

Topic: Wyoming FIRST LEGO League: Climate Connections
When: Tuesday, September 30, session 9, 2:15-3:15 pm
Where: Little America Hotel & Resort, Grand Ballroom A - Cheyenne, Wyoming
Handout

The Wyoming FIRST LEGO League Championship is an exciting robotics competition for students age 9-14. During the competition students demonstrate their mastery of the annual FIRST LEGO League Challenge. While preparing for the competition students learn and apply STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) concepts while focusing on a real-world problem. In 2007, the Wyoming FLL Championship hosted 46 teams from around Wyoming. The third annual Wyoming FIRST LEGO League competition is scheduled for Saturday, December 5th and 6th, 2008 and is open for statewide participation of up to 64 teams.

This presentation will share how the power of LEGO MINDSTORMS robotics and the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Organization combine to provide students age 9-14 an amazing opportunity. FIRST LEGO League (FLL) combines the excitement of athletic competition and the challenges of building and problem solving into the FIRST LEGO League competition. Students design, build and program robots to solve each year’s challenge. In addition to the robot challenge, teams research the challenge topic and develop a presentation that shares their solution to a real-world problem.

Sep 11, 2008

Kicked Off!

Wyoming FIRST LEGO League held the annual season kickoff on Saturday, September 6th. Over 50 participants from around the State of Wyoming came to hear the details about this year's Climate Connections season.

Click on the image to download the 'overview' presentation.

Sep 1, 2008

Update: Wyoming FLL KickOff on Sat. September 6th


Wyoming FLL host a State-Wide KickOff of the 2008 Climate Connections season on Saturday, September 6th

The KickOff will take place at Casper College, Energy Institute room 100 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (The KickOff is free and Breakfast items will be provided.)

The KickOff will cover this year's Research Project and the Robot Challenge Field. In addition, we will be sharing some general recommendations on ways to ensure you have a successful Climate Connections season. 

Agenda:
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.  - Greet, Meet, and Eat
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.  - Welcome, Information/Resources for Coaches
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. - Challenge Project
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. - Robot Game

Please email Jeff Brewster (jeff_brewster@ncsd.k12.wy.us) if you are planning to attend.