4-H Problem-Solving, Teamwork and Fun

through LEGO Mindstorm Robotics

And FIRST LEGO League Teams

So what is a LEGO MINDSTORM EV3 Robot?

What can this robot do with your Programming and Engineering Design?

What is 4-H FIRST LEGO League?

Teams of up to 10 kids and guided by at least one adult coach, team members have about 10 weeks to work on the Annual Challenge

Each annual Challenge has two parts, the Project and the Robot Game

The 3 Rs of FIRST LEGO League

Robots– learning to program the robots, build add-ons to accomplish the tasks set forth in the challenge on the Challenge Field in the 2.5 minute opportunity to showcase their robot and programming

Research- Learning about the challenge and how our community can make a difference and presenting it in a creative way

Report– Defend the robot, your programming, your teamwork and your research project

FIRST LEGO League Core Values

We are a team We do the work to find solutions with guidance from

our coaches and mentors We honor the spirit of friendly competition What we discover is more important than what we

win We share our experiences with others We display gracious professionalism in everything

we do We have fun

FIRST LEGO League 4-H Clubs

Decision-makingCommunicationLeadershipAnd Citizenship—Connecting research to

communityOpen House PresentationsCounty Fair Club Project and Demonstrations

Regional Competition

Technical Interview Run Missions completed for 5 minutes Explain how you

designed your Apparatuses

Share how your design

Process progressed

Regional CompetitionTeamwork Interview

Accomplish TaskShare how you workedas a team

What did you learn working together?

What role did each player take?How did you get along?

Regional CompetitionProject Research Presentation

•Research a community connection to the year’s theme•Brainstorm a way your community could impact that theme•Plan a project to impact that theme•Plan a creative way to share•Share it with the community•5 Minutes including Setup

Regional CompetitionRobotics Challenge

•2 ½ minutes to complete as many missions as possible•Only 2 members at the board at one time…can tag and change•Use only one robot•Must practice changing apparatuses so that doesn’t slow you up•Don’t shy away from Regional if you only have a few missions completed

2014 Challenge Engineering and How we Learn What is the future of

learning? FIRST® LEGO® League teams will find the answers.  In the 2014 FLL WORLD CLASS ℠Challenge, over 230,000 children ages 9 to 16* from over 70 countries will redesign how we gather knowledge and skills in the 21st century. Teams will teach adults about the ways that kids need and want to learn.  Get ready for a whole new class – FLL WORLD CLASSSM!

FLL challenges kids to think like scientists and engineers. 

How do teams get Started?

1. Starting to build the LEGO pieces that make up each of the missisons– You will download the instructions for building the

Mission Model Pieces– Check out the Mission pieces, pictures and video of the

how the constructed LEGO piece fits into the World Class Challenge on Youtube when the challenge is released on August 26 …see what your Robot has to do to accomplish each mission

– Lay out the mat and start building the pieces that go on it

How do we get started?

2. Jump into the Challenge Theme “World Class” for 2014. Find out and imagine how young people and really all people will learn best in the future the things they need to know for jobs, hobbies and living in our communities. Contact some experts that can help you learn about the theme and apply technology to a possible innovative solution that would improve your lives or the lives of others in your community. Get a good foundation of ideas and knowledge to build on for your project and project presentation.

How do we get started?

3. Start learning about building the robot and programming it

a) Build a robot…there are lots of sites online to help you design the building of your robot. Just get one built so you can start programming. Just Google LEGO EV3 Building Instructions

a) Build the standard Driving Base in Manual with kit

b) Begin the EV3 Tutorial in the programming software or online to learn how to use the software to program the robot