1. Click to edit Master title style “ …to create a world where science and technology are celebrated….where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes…. ” Dean Kamen, Founder Preseason »Play a game at each meeting so everyone learns names. »Provide questions for team members to use to interview each other. »Create things unique to the team like a team motto, handshake, or song. »Give the team tasks to do and review how they would solve them, see how many different ways the team can think up to solve the same problem. »Host team projects like fundraising, community service, or field trips. »Participate in an FLL camp. »Build a game table, assemble the FLL field when available. Team Building

2. Click to edit Master title style “ …to create a world where science and technology are celebrated….where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes…. ” Dean Kamen, Founder Preseason »Put together the game field »Build example Lego Robots from instructions »Learn to drive the robot straight! »Then Learn other ways to navigate the robot »Learn to build different styles of drive trains. »Improve your design to make it easy to change batteries »Explore using sensors one at a time, and make up a game to help the team think about how to solve it using a certain sensor. »Object manipulation – lifting, dropping, pushing, dumping, dragging. Team Practice

3. Click to edit Master title style “ …to create a world where science and technology are celebrated….where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes…. ” Dean Kamen, Founder Preseason »FLL is not just about building and competing with robots. »By doing research the team will learn more about the Challenge theme and better understand the work of professionals in the field. »Identify the problem »Research the problem »Create a technical or engineering solution »Share the team findings Team Project

4. Click to edit Master title style “ …to create a world where science and technology are celebrated….where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes…. ” Dean Kamen, Founder Preseason »Guide the team to help them be successful and avoid frustration. »Allow for choices along the way, but limit them to ones that will work, no wrong answers. »Lead discussions, make suggestions, but let the team make all of the decisions, many paths to success. »A mutual foundation of trust is critical, allow everyone to voice their opinion. »Give acknowledgement and positive feedback »Keep each child involved in the team, and in team decisions. »Coaches must resolve disputes, keep the viewpoint positive, and refocus the team on the tasks at hand. Coaching

5. Click to edit Master title style “ …to create a world where science and technology are celebrated….where young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes…. ” Dean Kamen, Founder RESOURCES »www.usfirst.comwww.usfirst.com »www.firstlegoleague.comwww.firstlegoleague.com »www.penfieldrobotics.comwww.penfieldrobotics.com »Mike O’Brien