Quick unrelated note my friend just started a Fandom Blog. You should check her out here. Welcome to the blogging world Mathea!

Now back to the post. You may be wondering what FLL stands for. It stands for FIRST Lego League. You may be wondering what FIRST stands for. FIRST = For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology.

I am part of an awesome FLL team called Team N.O.A.M.  (Nerds On A Mission)  Recently we just came back from our State Championship.

The purpose of FLL:

  • make children and youngsters enthusiastic about science and technology
  • to equip the participants with the idea of team spirit
  • to encourage children and youngsters to solve complex tasks in a creative way

The basis of FLL is a robotics tournament in a cheerful atmosphere, where kids need to solve a tricky “mission” with the help of a robot. The kids are researching a given topic within a team, they are planning programming and testing an autonomous robot to solve the mission. The FLL Teams take the opportunity to experience all steps of a real product development process: solving a problem under time pressure with insufficient resources and unknown competitors.

The text above is courtesy of the Official FIRST Lego League.

There are three parts of FLL:

The Project:

This year’s theme is Animal Allies. We had to think of a way to better the interaction between people and animals.

We choose to study honey bees.

Robot Design and Games:

We had to code a robot to do things on a mission board. The mission board has all sorts of different things for the robot to do.

Core Values:

This is pretty self explanatory.

Here are the FLL Core Values:

  • 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 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 Coopertition® in everything we do.
  • We have FUN!

That’s all for today.

Make sure to check Team N.O.A.M. on Facebook here.