FLL - Term 4

Charlie competed again this year with a homeschool lego robotics team for a competition run by First Lego League.  The theme was space and the teams have to complete missions using a robot (coding) with lego attachments.  There is also other components to the competition - the team has to research a problem and show their solutions and they are judged on not only how well their robot works, but their problem and solution, their teamwork and "co-opertition", ie helping other teams out as well.

The team did really well, making it through regionals, state and nationals, winning a spot at the Asia/Pacific International competition which will be held later this year in Sydney.

Rory helped out at one event by volunteering.

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Junior FLL - Term 4

Last term Natalie was part of a Junior First Lego League robotics team.  This involves being set missions around a theme (this year it was a space station on the moon) which they have to solve using lego (of course) and a small robot which they code.  Here they are at regionals, which was held at a public school, presenting to the other students.

And then at Nationals, which was held at Macquarie University.

This is Natalie's second year and she really enjoyed herself.

Here is the junior and senior team combined.

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Junior FLL - Term 3 2018

FLL (First Lego League) season started this term and Natalie is in a junior team.  The topic is The Moon and as well as researching and learning about the moon, the team members also have to investigate all that would be needed to live on the moon.

Learning about the different types of galaxies (this is a spiral galaxy).

Using fruit to learn about our solar system.

Making rockets.

The sessions are comprised of a discussion about a problem, then a building challenge (with instructions) which includes the robot, then the coding of that robot.

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First Lego League (FLL) Junior

Well, it's that time of year again - FLL time!

Both Charlie and Natalie are in FLL teams but as I am helping out with Natalie's team, I will have more photos of the juniors so intend to update this page quite regularly.

First Lego League is an annual international robotics competition - teams are giving a theme and various challenges/problems and they then compete at the year's end to earn the most points.  Poins are not only given for "getting it right" but also for ingenuity, problem solving, consideration for other teams - there are all sorts of categories the judges consider.  This year's theme is "space", with the juniors focussing on the moon.

Here are our juniors making a very glittery spiral galaxy (like the Milky Way).  They also made constellations by pricking holes in a piece of cardboard which is attached a one end of a tin can and then a torch is shined through to display the "star pattern" onto the wall or roof.

Believe it or not, Natalie is the oldest in this group!

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