Caroline and Robots
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puppetmakerFor the past twelve weeks Caroline has been part of a team that participated in a local FLL (First Lego League) tournament. She and the other girls have been working hard at learning all kinds of things including programing the robot and building solutions to various problems and tasks to get ready for the challenges of the competition.
This was supposes to happen two weeks ago but the large snowstorm brought the Island to a halt. Then we had the storm yesterday that dumped about eight inches out of nowhere but, given the conditions, we were told it was on.
They did very well and won a judge’s award for their overall presentation and team-work. For a first time team, they did better than expected.
The robot decided that it had a mind of its own and that was a bit of consternation for the team but they worked through the problems and tried to figure out how to fix the problems on the fly. They did well under pressure and kept moving forward.
I am very proud of her and her team. It is a great group of very intelligent young ladies who are going to do great things one day. She had a lot of fun making new friends and feeling good about being smart.
Plus she got to build things with Legos that they attached to the robot that they programmed. I am a little jealous of all she did but glad that she did it.
My thanks to her coaches and her mentor and the other parents for their time and effort to teach the girls new skills and give them a fun experience.
I am grateful that Caroline had this opportunity.
This was supposes to happen two weeks ago but the large snowstorm brought the Island to a halt. Then we had the storm yesterday that dumped about eight inches out of nowhere but, given the conditions, we were told it was on.
They did very well and won a judge’s award for their overall presentation and team-work. For a first time team, they did better than expected.
The robot decided that it had a mind of its own and that was a bit of consternation for the team but they worked through the problems and tried to figure out how to fix the problems on the fly. They did well under pressure and kept moving forward.
I am very proud of her and her team. It is a great group of very intelligent young ladies who are going to do great things one day. She had a lot of fun making new friends and feeling good about being smart.
Plus she got to build things with Legos that they attached to the robot that they programmed. I am a little jealous of all she did but glad that she did it.
My thanks to her coaches and her mentor and the other parents for their time and effort to teach the girls new skills and give them a fun experience.
I am grateful that Caroline had this opportunity.
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Date: 2016-02-07 11:46 pm (UTC)Over the summer, I ordered some Vernier adapters for their LabQuest probes (I've got many - some from, surprise surprise, grants!) and so after we do the initial stuff with our bots, we'll add probes to them and try measuring experimental data with them. More new stuff to try!
Anyhoo, it's fabulous that Caroline is getting to work with robots at a young age. My students are enjoying the challenges that robots bring and I love seeing all of the different approaches they have to the same problem. I often learn ideas from them!