Friday Summary

There was a LOT in one practice on Friday!

Teams split into groups and discussed the research project.

Team 4984 (led by Sue) decided on a topic (falls) and kids are working on identifying who they will ask to be their senior partner. Kids that haven't yet spoken with someone over 60 about aging related issues need to do so.

Team 4982 (led by Sarah) came away with a list of potential partners to ask, and is working on having questions ready.  To that end, each team member should be working on two questions for their partner (politely worded and respectful) designed to help isolate the most pressing issues that their partner faces.

Both teams will decide on a name in the coming weeks (which will be WAY more fun than those numbers!)  The name can be Lego-related, robot-related or theme related (aging, the specific issue they research or even the name of the partner would be good options here).  Think about it and come in ready to do some brainstorming next Friday.

Teams watched the official 2012 SENIOR SOLUTIONS(SM) Robot Game Video.  This goes through each mission in the robot game and explains them one at a time.  If you still don't quite get the robot or what the kids will do with it, this is a GREAT place to start!

Each child came home with a Mission Map Worksheet, and a description of the mission they chose to work on mapping (from the Complete Challenge Document issued by FIRST).  There's a picture of the table on the front.  They need to draw the path the robot will take to complete the mission and return to base.  There are tips for picking the best route and questions they need to answer on the back.  These worksheets will serve as the foundation for prioritizing and starting to program missions.  So, getting these done and keeping them in the notebook used for FLL (so they come back to practice) is VERY important!

Big thanks to Jo, who go the pieces on the game table for the kids to look at.  If you haven't seen the table yet, here's an idea of what it will look like.