Ecole Catholique Cathedrale FLL 2015

Ecole Catholique Cathedrale FLL 2015

Welcome back, Comets!  If you thought time was short last season, it's even shorter this season.  School started a week later and the competition is a day earlier, leaving us no time to waste.  The competition will be held November 21 at Duncan MacArthur Hall (Queen's West Campus).

We'll be using this blog again this season to keep you informed about news, tips, progress, dates, and so on during the season.  Please check back regularly to make sure you get all the necessary information!  Each week there will be a secret word contained in the week's blog post.  Please show up each week knowing the secret word for the week.  The word for this week is Oscar (who lives in a trash can on Sesame Street.)

Remember that the First Lego League competition consists of three main parts: 1) core values, 2) the project, and 3) the game.  The core values define how we work together as a team, and how we interact with other teams.  The project is a team research effort in a specific area, with the team required to develop and share a solution to a particular problem.  The game involves the design of a robot to complete as many missions as possible on a specially designed board.

Most participants find the robot component the most fun, but remember that the overall score is based on all three components, with each counting for roughly one third.  Your robot could complete every mission in the game successfully and your team could still finish last overall if you don't do well on the project and don't demonstrate the core values.

To get up to speed quickly on the core values, the project and the game, please check out the videos below:

Overview:

Project:

Game:

For more details check out the First Lego League site at 2015 TRASH TREK Challenge