1. Welcome to First Lego League!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHIsL4A4LRw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHIsL4A4LRw

3. First Lego League What is it?  Robotics program for 9-14 year olds  Designed to get children excited about science & technology  Teaches valuable employment and life skills  Teams of up to 10 kids program an autonomous robot to score points on a thematic playing surface  Create an innovative solution to a problem as part of their project

4.  Combines engineering challenge of a robotics competition with real-world problem solving  Team members learn science and technology skills while at the same time valuable employment and life skills What sets FLL apart from other STEM programs?

5. FLL CORE VALUES Participants learn that friendly competition and mutual gain are not separate goals, and that helping one another is the foundation of teamwork.  We are a team.  We do the work to find solutions with guidance from our coaches and mentors.  We know our coaches and mentors don’t have all of the answers; we learn together.  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 and COOPERATION in everything we do.  We have FUN!

6. What to expect…  Building a LEGO MINDSTORMS robot and attachments  Programming the robot to move on its own and perform missions  Learning about engineering and physics concepts (sometimes learning them the hard way)  Testing different designs and making adjustments  Learning about the Challenge theme  Choosing a real-world problem to research  Inventing a solution to the problem the team chose  Presenting the team’s solution to other people

7. Eligibility Requirements…  4 th or 5 th Grader  Committed: Due to the limited number of students who can participate, attendance at every session is mandatory.  Enthusiastic about learning  Cooperative  Selection Process: Depending on the number of students who sign-up, there may have to be a lottery drawing for spots. Priority may be given to students whose parents volunteer to be advisors.  Costs/fees: ?

8. Next steps…  Complete information surveys  Volunteer to be a parent advisor  Volunteer to build our table  Learn more about FLL via websites  Watch for sign-ups in the fall

9. Tentative Calendar  Fall Session (8 weeks)  Oct. 6-11  Oct. 13-17  Oct. 20-24  Oct. 27-31  Nov. 3-7  Nov. 10-14  Nov. 17-21  Dec. 1-5  Jan. 17 or 24 (Competition)  Spring Session (8 weeks)  Mar. 2-6  Mar. 9-13  Mar. 16-20  Mar. 23-27  Apr. 6-10  Apr. 13-17  Apr. 20-24  Apr. 27-May 1  May 9 or 16 (Competition)

10. THANK YOU for coming!